Centred around the theme ‘what does learning another language mean to you?’, SBS’s inaugural languages competition hopes to inspire young Australians to explore and embrace what it is to be an Australian in all our diversity and contribute to the retention and continuing development of language learning.
Awarded at The University of Sydney at the weekend, the SBS winner in the junior category, Natalie Chung (6, Acacia Ridge QLD) illustrated what learning Cantonese means to her and the People’s Choice winner Vaiga Karthik (4, Narre Warren South VIC) illustrated what learning Tamil means to her. In the secondary primary category, SBS winner Kathir Janaki Sakthivel (11, Cranbourne Victoria) responded in Tamil and People’s Choice winner Anahid Andisheh Far (10, Bonner ACT) responded in Persian. In the senior category, SBS winner Katerina Buck (18, Beckenham WA) responded in Russian while the People’s Choice winner Raaid Ahmed Mollah (14, Wyndham Vale VIC) responded in Bangla.
