An Australian government travel warning issued after the Bali bombings discouraged most Australian universities from sending their students to Indonesia. Professor Tim Lindsey, an expert in Indonesian law at the University of Melbourne, and a fluent speaker of the language, said it has been one contributor to the demise of Indonesian studies in Australian institutions.
"If children can't get an immersion opportunity to study a foreign language, that will limit their capacity and it's a reasonable decision, I think, for parents and children to make, that without immersion, their capacity to learn a foreign language will be weakened," he said.
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The World Today28 May 2016 Issue No:415
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