Cultural diversity in Australia
has made that in the country are spoken more than 200 languages but, English is
the official language in the country. The most widely spoken languages are:
Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Spanish, Filipino,
German and Hindi. Much of these languages spoken in this country are spoken by
immigrants from around the world, the rest of these many languages are spoken
by indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islander, “more than 60 different
languages are spoken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.”
The Australians are characterized
for shortening some words, for example for "football" they say “footy",
for "barbecue" they say "barbie", for "TV" they
say "telly", etc.
Something very interesting about
this country is the help they give to the immigrants who do not speak English
or do not have a very well English because the country has created different
programs for immigrants. These programs were created for a better quality of
life for them, which consist of free English classes. Some of the programs that
Australia has are the following:
- Adult Migrant English Program
- Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program
- Workplace English Language and Literacy Program
- English as a Second Language New Arrivals Program
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| Interpreter Symbol |
For the Australian government is
important that immigrants who do not speak the language can communicate in a
good way, for this reason they created a system of interpretation which is that
in different parts of the country there are interpreters who can help people
who do not know much English. To find out which sites are interpreters has
created a symbol then people can easily know where they can turn to and
communicate in a good way
What do you think about that?
Would you like something similar in Chile?
It is true, we have a high number of immigrants, But I think that Chile is not needed as much as Australia, because according to Chile and his near to other Latin American countries are mostly Spanish speakers. But, thinking in people who speak another language, for example oriental people, it would be a good initiative to follow the steps of Australia.
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