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Literacies in crisis: speeding up, making do, caring

The Language-on-the-Move team is delighted to host our annual research symposium at Macquarie University on December 07. This year we'll explore "Literacies in crisis: speeding up, making do, caring." Abstract: The…

Ingrid PillerOctober 26, 2026

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Language shaming at the crossroads of race and state borders

Location of Inner Mongolia within China (Image credit: TUBS, Wikimedia) The Humboldt Professorship Team "Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan" at Universität Hamburg is pleased to host a…

Language on the MoveOctober 22, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Emotions in digital heritage language use

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah chats with Dr. Priyanka Bose. Priyanka is a lecturer in English Literacy Education at the School of Education…

Tazin AbdullahOctober 21, 2026

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Hearing children of Deaf migrants: research participants wanted

Are you a hearing Coda (child of Deaf adults) who has migrant parents? Researchers from Macquarie University would like to talk to you about your language practices and experiences as…

Emily PachecoOctober 19, 2026

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Medical receptionists facilitate language access: Brynn Quick wins 2026 ALAA 3MT competition

Congratulations to Brynn Quick, who just won the 2026 3-minute-thesis competition of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)! Watch her explain her research about medical receptionists and how they…

Language on the MoveOctober 9, 2026

Language and law Language in Australia

Aboriginal languages in Australia’s parliament

Last year, I wrote here on Language on the Move about Members of Parliament (MPs) across Australia making linguistic diversity visible. My research amplifies the increasing numbers of elected representatives…

Alexandra GreySeptember 30, 2026

Intercultural communication Language learning

Tuning in to the melody of another language

“Eh, what?!” When a different melody causes confusion It happened to me again. I said something, and my interlocutor’s reaction was: “I don’t know.” There is something in the melody…

Andrea PeškováSeptember 9, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Linguistic unease in healthcare

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Dr. Nicole Marinaro, a sociolinguist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. Her work explores…

Brynn QuickSeptember 2, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Speech and the City

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Yaron Matras about his new book Speech and the City. In this timely book, Yaron shows…

Ingrid PillerAugust 26, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in education

Taking the scenic route to high quality education for Indigenous students

What path do you take if the metaphorical mountain is too steep for both learners and teachers to climb? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr…

Agnes BodisAugust 19, 2026

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Seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken

Figure 1: Multilingual sign in Abu Dhabi with power disparities indicated through order and size of text In the critically acclaimed Barbie movie, released in cinemas in mid-2023, Barbie and…

Language and globalization

No Sex for Generation On-the-Move

“Have you heard that young Japanese have stopped having sex? Have you read the recent BBC article? Young men are having virtual girlfriends on smart phones. How weird! Not really…

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Tokyo: Elegantly Multilingual

Space challenged Shinjuku, Tokyo (September 2010): Photo by Kimie Takahashi Tokyo is getting more and more linguistically diverse every time I go back there. During this trip, I was really…

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Literacies in crisis: speeding up, making do, caring

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Medical receptionists facilitate language access: Brynn Quick wins 2026 ALAA 3MT competition

Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

Heritage language research: participants wanted

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Tokyo: Elegantly Multilingual

No Child Left Behind: a study in unintended consequences

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