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Honey Ant Readers in South Africa! By Emma Browne.
A few weeks ago, Emma Browne-HAR administrative assistant (and enthusiast)- gave a presentation about the HAR program at the English Language and Linguistics Departmental Research Seminar Series, Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. This was a particularly exciting privilege as this was the very same department where HARs author Margie James first became passionate about language…
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HARs 1-3 in Central Arrernte and Warlpiri languages.
Benedict Stevens and Mervyn Rubuntja discussing the Honey Ant Readers Many thanks to ILF and Mary Mc Killop Foundation for funding the HAR translations! Translators Benedict Stevens and Pamela Sampson have been working with Margaret James and Joe Relic, putting HAR 1, 2 and 3 into Central Arrernte and Warlpiri. Next week Benedict and Pamela will be recording…
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Discussing scaffolding in the HARs with Dr Zane Ma Rhea
Margaret had a very stimulating meeting with Dr Zane Ma Rhea, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University last night. She discussed the importance of scaffolding learners from ‘home language’ into SAE as the HARs do. The other aspect of HARs which they discussed was the unique manner in which learners can…
Read MoreTracks to 2 way learning workshop
Last week HARs author Margaret attended the ‘Tracks to 2 way learning’ workshop held by DET WA and led by Patricia Konigsberg. It was an extremely informative session, with hours of animated 2-way discussion. The latest research findings and government policies on AE in schools makes us at HAR feel very much ‘on track’ and…
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Great feedback from the International Book Festival in Accra, Ghana
This week we had a 3 hour feedback meeting about the HAR book called ‘Thank you’ which we published last month especially for Ghanaian readers. Exciting! Great enthusiasm for the HARs and for ‘Thank you’ from the attendees at the International Book Festival in Accra and from local organisations in Ghana.
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Colour cards for the ‘Colours’ book
We are excited to release new Colour cards to match the book called “Colours’. This book is part of our ‘speaking’ series, developed to teach oral English and written in Standard English. The cards appeal to beginner readers and parents as there’s the extra ‘clue’ in the words being the colour they represent!
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‘Nana Dig’ in the Alice Springs Town Camps
The Honey Ant Readers contribution to the Northern Territory NAPCAN Children’s Week 2012, in the National Year of Reading, has been to visit 3 town camps around Alice Springs, to talk to families about reading with their children, and to demonstrate the HARs. It has been fun playing with the children, as it always is,…
Read More‘At last! We bin waitin long-time for em deadly books’ seminar at Huddersfield University
On Monday October 15th, Margaret was delighted to be invited to present a seminar entitled: ‘At last! We bin waitin long-time for em deadly books’ at Huddersfield University. She was introduced by Dr Cath Ellis, Head of Humanities, whose research has concentrated on the representation of Indigeneity in a variety of different texts and media,…
Read MoreHARs at the TAFE English Language and Literacy Services (TELLS) conference 2012
Last week, HARs Sales manager, Phil Browne attended the TAFE English Language and Literacy Services (TELLS) conference at the Mercure Hotel in Brisbane to showcase the HAR series. The conference was a PD event for around 300 TAFE teachers of the AMEP (Adult Migrants English Program ) and LLNP ( Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program…
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