OLAC Record
oai:paradisec.org.au:RS1-392

Metadata
Title:Various
Access Rights:Closed (subject to the access condition details), Restricted, only acccessed by members of the families involved or by bona fide researchers with the permission of those members
Bibliographic Citation:Ruth Singer (collector), 1997. Various. MP4/MXF/WEBM. RS1-392 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/9sva-0n59
Contributor (compiler):Ruth Singer
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-11.082; southlimit=-13.023; westlimit=131.756; eastlimit=134.084
Coverage (ISO3166):AU
Date (W3CDTF):1997-03-19
Date Created (W3CDTF):1997-03-19
Description:Speaker(s): Esther (Charlies wife, both now deceased) ; a white teacher ; kids ; CHECK|Contents: Useful as a document of activities at the bilingual school and also of child language. It seems the children do not use much English at all when being taught by the Indigenous teachers. Video made at the school with many different separate scenes.Starts with class of younger kids and a woman (?Mangkiwa). First they sing some kids songs translated into Mawng. Then she is teaching children to read Mawng using pictures and the syllable method. This then alternates with singing and reading a large format Mawng book. Then some slightly older boys tell stories in Mawng referring to a photo, of them doing an activity on country. Then we see children playing a game with cards with a White teacher giving verbal instructions, saying Mawng words (?Lindsay). Then we see children playing in the yard. Then a different female Indigenous teacher with children talking in Mawng and pointing to pictures of children on country. Around 37 minutes: video camera turned on side and stays there. They sing wirlamurrk Twinkle Twinkle little star. Then sing ilijap maruny. Then sing mularrik mularrik mularrik.42 minutes: Two white female teachers lead a song in a ?European language.| Recorded by: Lindsay Parker (teacher-linguist)| Location: Warruwi, South Goulburn Island. Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no
Identifier:RS1-392
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RS1/392
Language:English
Maung
Language (ISO639):eng
mph
Publisher:Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:Closed (subject to the access condition details)
Subject:English language
Maung language
Subject (ISO639):eng
mph
Subject (OLAC):language_documentation
Table Of Contents (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RS1/392/RS1-392-1.mp4
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RS1/392/RS1-392-1.mxf
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RS1/392/RS1-392-1.webm

OLAC Info

Archive:  Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Description:  http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:  Pre-generated XML file

OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:paradisec.org.au:RS1-392
DateStamp:  2026-05-29
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: Ruth Singer (compiler). 1997. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Europe area_Pacific country_AU country_GB iso639_eng iso639_mph olac_language_documentation

Inferred Metadata

Country: AustraliaUnited Kingdom
Area: EuropePacific


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