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Reluctantly Leaving Tjukurla Behind
A looooong and dusty road out of Tjukurla! The warmth of the community’s welcome, their enthusiasm for the HARs in their language, and the support of the enthusiastic, incredibly energetic school Principal, Carol de Lacy, will inspire and motivate us for a long time to come! Thank you all for the most memorable, amazing few…
Read MoreLizzie Ellis with the Interactive Whiteboard
Lizzie Ellis demonstrating the Ngaanyatjarra word ‘kukurrala’ (run) while teaching the young class to read HAR 1 from the interactive white board.
Read MoreThanks Rosemary!
Thank you to Rosemary Porter, a young mother and knowledgeable language worker, who has always lived in Tjukurla. Under the guidance of her Auntie, Lizzie Ellis, Rosemary enthusiastically assisted with translating our HAR books, ‘Nana Dig’, ‘Nana Digs in Red Sand’ and ‘Big Mob Ants’ into Ngaanyatjarra. Yesterday Tim recorded Rosemary reading the first 2…
Read MoreThanks to Talented Translator and Linguist Lizzie Ellis
Many thanks to muliti-lingual Lizzie Ellis, nana, mother and Senior Ngaanyatjarra member – for translating and recording the text of the first 3 HARs into Ngaanyatjarra, for the benefit of all the children and families in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Lizzie is a well known Linguist, educator, translator, interpreter, researcher and many other things! It is…
Read MoreRecording the Honey Ant Readers in Ngaanyatjarra
Great work by Lizzie Ellis and Rosemary Porter translating HAR 1,2 and 3 into Ngaanyatjarra. Tim put the books onto the interactive whiteboard at Tjukurla School, so the children could help in the editing stage. We spent the afternoon recording Lizzie and Rosemary reading the books which will preserve the sounds of their language and…
Read MoreAmazing Tjukurla, WA.
What beautiful country! Tjukurla, WA. Our senior HAR Ngaanyatjarra translator, Linguist Lizzie Ellis, took School Principal Carol de Lacy, HAR Nana Margaret and HAR Tim Butler to experience the salt lakes and areas of cultural significance after many hours of hard work this afternoon. Tim Butler walking across the salt lake near Tjukurla in the…
Read MoreCreative use of HAR resources
Margaret has been enjoying working with tutors this week. It is always so encouraging seeing what different tutors and teachers do with the HAR resources. Jess plays ‘Bingo’ using the colours cards. When she says the name of a colour the 4 year old, non English speaking, children rush to put their honey ant on…
Read MoreNew Baby Board Books in 6 Languages!
We are very excited and proud of our new baby board books in 6 languages, which the Indigenous Literacy Foundation have just sent to print! Amazing work from a huge team of translators.The whole HAR team has been burning the midnight oil, along with the dedicated people at ILF! Whew! Well done everyone, especially Kathy…
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