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It may once have been a vision for every Australian child to learn a second language, but in reality language learning has declined in secondary schools. But the gap is being filled by an increasing number of enrolments at after-hours Community Languages Schools. Many students are learning -- or re-learning -- their heritage language.


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By Aileen Phillips, Zoran Subic

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It may once have been a vision for every Australian child to learn a second language, but in reality language learning has declined in secondary schools. But the gap is being filled by an increasing number of enrolments at after-hours Community Languages Schools. Many students are learning -- or re-learning -- their heritage language.



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