First Languages Australia is keen to hear the voices of our young people to assist in creating a strong future for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

This survey is targeting people aged 13 to 35. We are hoping that you would be willing to give us just a little of your time to answer a short set of questions about your involvement with languages and your vision for the future.

If you would also like to talk a little more about your own projects, passions and ideas, please add these thoughts to the survey responses. However the questions below are designed as an easy place to start.

All the questions are optional and we appreciate as much or as little information as you are happy to provide.

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* 1. Please complete your personal details:

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* 2. What is your age?

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* 3. What language or languages do you have connection with?

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* 4. How are you encountering or using traditional language?

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* 5. Have you been involved in a language project? If so, could you please describe the most interesting or inspiring thing about that project.
Or tell us about the most interesting and inspiring language project you have ever heard about.

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* 6. Do you have any language mentors (a person or people who have helped you to learn your language), and if so can you tell us a little about them? An example may be your mum, dad, uncle, aunty, teacher etc.

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* 7. What does it mean for you to hear your language spoken?
How does it make you feel?

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* 8. What ideas do you have to promote the use of first languages?

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* 9. What do you think are the main reasons that most young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today are not speaking their languages?

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* 10. Can you suggest some things that would be of help to you in your language learning and daily use of your traditional language?

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* 11. Please complete this sentence:
In five years time I’d like to see…

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* 12. If there is anything else you would like to share with us please add it below.

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