Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Epistemic belonging and purposeful interactions

Editor’s note: The 2026 Hamburg International Summer School "Literacies for Social Participation" has come and gone. For those of us fortunate enough to attend, it was an epic learning opportunity with…

Language on the MoveAugust 12, 2026

Intercultural communication

Start learning Esperanto now!

Editor’s note: The 111th World Congress of Esperanto is currently taking place in the Austrian city of Graz. According to Austrian National TV, more than 1,100 attendees from 62 countries…

Nicole ElseAugust 6, 2026

Next Gen Literacies

Teaching Reading With Social Justice

Editor's note: Narrow views of reading as purely a mechanical skill have recently gained renewed traction. Literacy programs that strip away the social and cultural contexts of reading and writing run…

Judy KalmanJuly 15, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the US

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick sits down with Dr. Nelson Flores to discuss his 2024 book entitled Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy…

Brynn QuickJuly 9, 2026

Multilingual families Next Gen Literacies

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

*** Naomi Fillmore, Hanna Torsh, Yanisa Jakklom *** These Australian students learning Indonesian are described as “executives of tomorrow”, whilst students who are already multilingual are framed as facing disadvantages…

Naomi FillmoreJune 30, 2026

Language and law News

Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

NSW Coat of Arms (Image credit: Floodstreet, via Wikipedia) Update 07/07/2026: After receiving 105 endorsements, we handed in our submission by the deadline. The Committee’s usual practice is to accept…

Laura Smith-KhanJune 22, 2026

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Heritage language research: participants wanted

(Image credit: Sofatutor via Unsplash) Are you a family based in Australia using a language other than English at home? Do you have a child between 6 and 14 years…

Language on the MoveJune 16, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Islam in English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Oludamini Oguannaike, Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy at the University of Virginia.…

Tazin AbdullahJune 11, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

Romani Grassroots Language Learning

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Dr Santiago Betancor Falcón (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) about his 2025 paper,…

Emily PachecoJune 3, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

Learning Languages on Social Media

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Yeong Ju Lee about her new book Social Media and Language Learning: Using TikTok and…

Brynn QuickMay 27, 2026

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Summer school and conference: Literacies for Social Participation

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Language on the Move Podcast wins Talkley Award 2025

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Centering people in technology-mediated communication

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Language and migration

Feeling weird using your home language?

Fliers for Persian community events (Persian Library Parramatta, Nov 2010) Editor’s note: In the second instalment in our series “Explorations in Language Shaming”, Dr Shiva Motaghi-Tabari examines children’s attitudes towards…

Language and migration

Language access rights are vital

Editor’s note: The Trump administration has recently declared English the official language of the USA while simultaneously cutting the provision of English language education services. This politicization of language and migration in the USA is…

English as a global language

Multilingualism 2.0

The social networking market research site Inside Facebook has some intriguing language stats. In July, the fastest-growing languages on Facebook were Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and French. The Portuguese growth rate…

Intercultural communication

Polish cemetery in Tehran

Language at work

Grassroots multilingualism

Language in education

Are the children of intermarried couples smarter?

Language and globalization

Do you ever wear language?

Language and globalization

A journey through Japan’s linguistic peripheries

Language and migration

Linguistic unease in healthcare

Speech and the City

Taking the scenic route to high quality education for Indigenous students

Epistemic belonging and purposeful interactions

Start learning Esperanto now!

Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the US

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

Heritage language research: participants wanted

Islam in English

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