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Language brokering in schools

Are you a Sydney-based teacher who needs to communicate with parents who do not speak English or do not speak it well? Do you sometimes have to ask students to…

Language on the MoveOctober 15, 2025

News Next Gen Literacies

Event: New Technologies in Intercultural Communication

You are invited to join us on Monday, December 08, at Macquarie University for a workshop to explore New Technologies in Intercultural Communication. Description: Digital technologies are in the process…

Language on the MoveOctober 7, 2025

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Why “critical” use of AI in education might mean refusal

"AI can't teach our kids to be curious and think critically" (Image credit: ABC News, Jason Om) UNESCO’s ‘Digital Learning Week’, which focused on AI and the future of education,…

Ana Sofia BruzonSeptember 30, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Migration is about every human challenge

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with writer, illustrator, filmmaker and Academy Award winner Shaun Tan. Shaun is best known for illustrated books…

Brynn QuickSeptember 17, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and tourism

Cold Rush

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Sari Pietikainen about her new book Cold Rush (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). This book is an original study…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 9, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in education

Sexual predation and English language teaching

In this episode Hanna Torsh talks to Vaughan Rapatahana about sexual predation in the English language teaching industry. Dr Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Ātiawa) is an author, poet and editor who…

Hanna TorshSeptember 2, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Intercultural Communication – Now in the 3rd edition

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Loy Lising speaks with Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller about the 3rd edition of her best-selling textbook Intercultural Communication (Edinburgh University…

Language on the MoveAugust 26, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage

In this podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners,…

Alexandra GreyAugust 20, 2025

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

How to manage your supervisor

Being an academic mom has given Brynn a huge head start when it comes to managing her supervisors (Image credit: Brynn Quick) You know that feeling you get in your…

Brynn QuickAugust 12, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

The Social Impact of Automating Translation

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in the…

Tazin AbdullahAugust 3, 2025

Language and law

Who’s New in Law and Language?

This is the fifth and final blog in our “LLIRN About Us” series, which Laura Smith-Khan and I commenced in 2024 in celebration of 5 years of the Law and…

Alexandra GreyJuly 30, 2025

Language and law News

LLIRN 6th Anniversary Workshop

In-person LLIRN attendees (Image credit: Kristen Martin) The Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Research Network (LLIRN) facilitates interdisciplinary scholars, language professionals and legal professionals around the world to connect and share…

Kristen MartinJuly 23, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Multilingual Practices and Monolingual Mindsets

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Jinhyun Cho. Dr. Cho has guested on this show previously, and she is a senior…

Brynn QuickJuly 18, 2025

Research reflections

Dr Loy Lising spreads a multilingual mindset

Attending the Humboldt Professorships 2025 Awards Ceremony in Berlin with members of the LiDS-Team (Image credit: Loy Lising) Editor's note: The Language-on-the-Move Research Team at Macquarie University and the Literacy-in-Diversity-Settings…

Larissa CosynsJuly 15, 2025

News

Humanities’ cuts pose existential threat to Australia’s capabilities

Editor's note: The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) has released a media statement expressing deep concern over proposed cuts to the humanities and social sciences at the Australian National…

Language on the MoveJuly 10, 2025