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A classroom session at Merrylands East

A classroom session at Merrylands East Source: SBS

The SBS National Languages Competition 2017 is an exciting initiative to encourage and celebrate a love of learning languages in Australia. Its a nationwide competition to engage school children and reflect on the cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity of Australia's multicultural society. Were calling out to all students aged four to 18 years across Australia who are learning a language other than English. To enter, students need to upload a video (maximum 30 seconds long) describing What learning a language means to you? Remember, the video is to be in any language other than English and the more creative the better!Good Morning Australia opened its talk back lines to hear the audience's views on how important it is to learn the Arabic language.



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