Abstract:The 2006 Census showed some 16 per cent of Australians speak a language other than English at home, a figure that rises to around 30 per cent in the major capital cities. Whether through increasing im...The 2006 Census showed some 16 per cent of Australians speak a language other than English at home, a figure that rises to around 30 per cent in the major capital cities. Whether through increasing immigration, growing participation by the Deaf in mainstream society, or increased services to Indigenous Australians, this diversity will result in social workers needing to work with interpreters in most areas of their practice.
As the population diversifies, multilingual clients are likely to also hold quite varying understandings of the law, in areas from criminal law to family law, from property to parking tickets. Further, the complexity of the law, baffling enough to English-speakers, will often overwhelm clients whose English is less than fluent.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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