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As a general feature, applied linguistics work in Australia has been characterized by a strong focus on multilingualism. This focus reflects the way the discipline was formed in Australia, growing out of an intersection of in multilingualism, language policy, and language education, which has given work in Australia a different profile from applied linguistics in many other places in the world, where English and foreign language teaching was the main catalyst. The early inclusion of a focus on multilingualism has given Australian applied linguistics a unique character that has played a significant role in broadening the spectrum of the discipline around the world. In this contribution we will document the main aspects of this applied focus on multilingualism, including the close collaboration not only with families and ethnic and indigenous communities, ethnic and indigenous communities but also with local and national authorities around issues of language maintenance, shift, loss, and . Australia has also made a distinctive contribution in the field of language education. This contribution can be seen in two main areas: policy and practice. The policy contribution began especially with the process of developing of the National Policy on Languages in 1987. This early work on language policy focused on the process and contribution of the policy, which was viewed as a unique achievement for an Anglophone country. However, as the policy was dismantled, a more critical language policy scholarship emerged. The contribution to practice is more diverse with strong scholarship in community languages education, foreign/second language education and language assessment, all of which are characterized by a strong focus on addressing the diversity of languages in education.

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Keywords: language education ; applied linguistics ; language policy ; multilingualism ; Australia

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