Indigenous Languages
How might we showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language materials?
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Little Yarns
Project Info
Team Name
M&N
Team Members
Nick Wong and 1 other member with an unpublished profile.
Project Description
Little Yarns is an app that allows children and families to engage with indigenous language. Little Yarns provides children and families the opportunity to engage with our indigenous languages, building awareness and celebrating the cosmopolitan diversity of our society. Little Yarns allows kids from different backgrounds to learn language together, creating a culture of acceptance whilst assisting cognitive development in our little ones. Many studies have shown the benefits of developing bilingual and multilingual skills, particularly in childhood. The app allows parents to learn with their little ones, proving it’s never too late to start as from little yarns big yarns grow!
Data Story
Little Yarns assists indigenous communities in developing language lists for educational purposes. It draws upon the State Library of Queensland - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages word lists data set, whilst enabling users to input their own data for languages not already featured. Little Yarns point of difference from other language apps is the customisation of this user data input, allowing indigenous language to be collated in community.
Team DataSets
State Library of Queensland - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages word lists.
Description of Use Little Yarns is an app that allows children and families to engage with indigenous language. The app draws upon data from the State Library of Queensland, - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages word lists.
Challenge Entries
Helping a social impact ‘start up’ (small organisation) to tell their story
Small and informal community/interest groups who have formed to solve local problems need data to know if their activities are making a difference and to re-design programs. How can we help these groups tell their story through data so they can seek support (political, financial, and on the ground) by showing how their programs are working, and decide where to focus next?
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