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*Special Needs of Aboriginals in the Teaching of Reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Kathy McEvoy
Kathy McEvoy*
Affiliation:
Thomas More College, Kings Road, Salisbury, S.A. 5108.
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Success in teaching reading does not depend simply on materials and schemes. Locked into our own cultural norms as we are, we may overlook other fundamental influences.

The reason why some children take longer to talk to you is because they want to know you properly before they start talking. I know white people talk a lot to each other before they know each other properly.

(Ungunmerr 1976, p.4)

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 47 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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