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Language on the Move 2020

Season's Greetings from the Language on the Move team Everyone has a serious case of 2020 fatigue by now, and the Language on the Move team is no exception. We…

Language on the MoveDecember 17, 2020

Covid-19

Home schooling in Covid-19: challenges for migrant families

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…

Claire LiveseyDecember 15, 2020

Covid-19

From language barriers to linguistic resources in COVID safe business registration

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…

Monica NeveDecember 14, 2020

Covid-19

Mismatched public health communication costs lives in Pakistan

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…

Kinza Afraz AbbasiDecember 11, 2020

Covid-19

The quality of COVID-19 communication is a test of social cohesion

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…

Peter O'KeefeDecember 10, 2020

Covid-19

Why Indonesian villagers don’t know how to protect themselves against COVID-19

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…

Yudha HidayatDecember 9, 2020

Covid-19

Teaching remotely during COVID-19 in a disadvantaged and multilingual school

We prepared and distributed numerous learning packs Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we…

Nusrat ParveenDecember 7, 2020

Covid-19

Paying lip service to Indigenous inclusion in Peru’s COVID-19 prevention campaign

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…

Alejandra Hermoza CaveroDecember 4, 2020

Research reflections

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2021

2020 has been a strange year for reading: some of us have had a lot more time for reading, others far less. Regardless whether you’ve been able to indulge or…

Language on the MoveDecember 3, 2020

Covid-19

Supporting ELICOS students through Covid-19

Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted…

Tazin AbdullahNovember 27, 2020

Language in Australia

English language proficiency and national cohesion

Victorian Multicultural Commission, Melbourne (Image credit: Pramuk Perera, via Unsplash) In August, Australia’s Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, announced the extension of the…

Miriam FaineNovember 24, 2020

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

How to teach TESOL ethically in an English-dominant world

Carla Chamberlin, Ingrid Piller, and Mak Khan in conversation TESOL and social justice One of the thrusts of my research has been a critical examination of the social consequences of…

Ingrid PillerNovember 19, 2020

Language in Australia

Indigenous language denialism in Australia

Gerald Roche (Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University) and Jakelin Troy (Director, Indigenous Research, The University of Sydney) *** Source: Australian Museum Editor’s note: This week (Nov 08-15) we are…

Gerald RocheNovember 11, 2020

Language politics

Brexit and the politics of English

Editor's note: As the world anxiously anticipates the outcome of the US presidential election next week - and the consequences it will have for global politics - we've asked the…

Robert PhillipsonOctober 29, 2020

Covid-19 News

Symposium: Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis

Update, Nov 15, 2020: The "Linguistic Diversity in a Time of Crisis" symposium last week was a huge success in international research collaboration and engagement, with over 2,600 viewers tuning…

Language on the MoveOctober 27, 2020

Research reflections

My African-Australian story

Dr Vera Williams Tetteh tells her story to AfrOzcentric Often in my work as a sociolinguistic ethnographer, I am the one seeking out people and asking questions to learn about…

Vera Williams TettehOctober 26, 2020