National early learning language program for preschool children

More Australian preschool children will now have the chance to learn a foreign language as the Federal Government rolls out its early-language learning program across the nation. Children in the program will use interactive, tablet-based tools to learn the basics of foreign languages

Preschool kids Source: AAP

Federal education minister Simon Birmingham has now announced the program will be rolled out nationally.

 

Just 12 per cent of Year 12 students study a second language, and Mr Birmingham says he wants that number to grow.

 

Almost 10,000 children have already taken part in a trial of the program, with most learning either Chinese or Japanese.

 

Arabic, French and Indonesian are also on offer.

 

And in the next two years, students will also be able to learn Italian, Spanish, Hindi and modern Greek using the tablet-based technology