Learning a second language comes with cognitive and societal benefits, yet Australian students are abandoning language ...

Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously. Last week I wrote about how Australia’s ...

For more than two decades, linguists and researchers have observed a decline in Australians’ interest in learning the Indonesian language (bahasa Indonesia). A 2010 report from a team of Australian ...

Learning English can change your life. But we understand that it's not always easy. SBS Learn English provides free videos, ...

Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Australia has seen a major ...

Just north of them sits the Indonesian archipelago, home to 287 million people. Many of these students have Indonesian heritage, like Sky Daly, 16, Belle Dugdell 15, and Bella Poulter, 15, who hope to ...

It may be a massive leap for Australia to jump beyond its current linguistic lassitude, but the increasingly difficult strategic terrain requires Canberra to think big and be bold. Cultural ...