Exploring Australia through the many languages we speak.

Millions of Australians speak hundreds of languages other than English, yet as a nation we have a frustratingly monolingual mindset that denies our multilingual reality. We're mostly on board with multiculturalism now, but we're nowhere near there yet with multilingualism. What are the implications for families raising their children in other languages at home? How does the monolingual mindset affect our school system and language education? Is it possible for languages to be maintained beyond a few generations?

Masako Fukui and Sheila Ngoc Pham explore these issues by talking to people from all walks of life sharing the experience of living with multiple languages. Listen Here.