Helping your child maintain heritage language and culture while growing up in Australia

The benefits of bilingual education are well documented. But experience shows that adapting it to your child’s needs is the only way to make it work for fostering cultural identity. Feature by Zoe Thomaidou. Renuka presents in Tamil.

Close up of a father helping his son with schoolwork Source: Digital Vision

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