Dandenong teacher wants students to master English before learning second language

A Dandenong Primary School teacher has written a letter in The Age today.

In it she calls for students to be taught English properly before learning a second language.   

Elise Curnow, a primary school teacher in Dandenong, told Tom Elliott English was hard enough. 

‘When you start teaching another language on top of that it can crowd young minds,’ she said. 

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