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…

Gerald RocheMarch 26, 2025

English in the Crossfire of US Immigration

The White House (Image credit: Zach Rudisin, Wikipedia) Editor's note: The Trump administration has recently declared English the official language of the USA while simultaneously cutting the provision of English…

Rosemary SalomoneMarch 19, 2025

Language and law Language and migration

Trust and suspicion at the airport

Screenshot of passenger being placed under suspicion on "Border Security" Anyone who has ever travelled to or from Australia will agree that the last thing you want after getting off…

Laura Smith-KhanDecember 9, 2024

Language and migration News

Life in a New Language at ALS2024

Prof Catherine Travis launches "Life in a New Language" at ALS2024 The annual conference of the Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) is a gathering of like-minded academics and presents a wonderful…

Loy LisingDecember 3, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Linguistic diversity as a bureaucratic challenge

How do street-level bureaucrats in Austria’s public service deal with linguistic diversity? In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, I speak with Dr Clara Holzinger (University of Vienna)…

Ingrid PillerNovember 17, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 5: Monolingual mindset

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 5 of our series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is a new book just…

Language on the MoveJuly 11, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 4: Parenting

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 4 of our new series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is a…

Language on the MoveJuly 3, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 3: African migrants

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 3 of our new series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is a…

Language on the MoveJune 27, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 2: Work

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 2 of our new series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is a…

Language on the MoveJune 19, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 1: Identities

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 1 of our new series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is…

Language on the MoveJune 12, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

40 years of Croatian Studies at Macquarie University

In this latest episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I spoke with Jasna Novak Milić, the director of the Croatian Studies Center at Macquarie University. The Croatian Studies…

Ingrid PillerApril 8, 2024

Language and migration Language in Australia

How language and race mediate migrant inclusion

Video available at Faculti: https://faculti.net/like-the-fish-not-in-water/ Editor's note: Despite its diversity, Australia continues to be imagined as a White nation. In this post, which is also available as a 20-minute video,…

Donna ButoracFebruary 20, 2024

Language and migration Next Gen Literacies

Meet the people behind “Life in a new language”

Extract from cover of "Life in a new Language" by Sadami Konchi (©Sadami Konchi) Are you excitedly waiting for the publication of Life in a new language? Life in a…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 6, 2023

Language and law Language and migration

Intercultural communication in migration law practice

(Image credit: Eurekastreet) Editor's note: This article is based on a presentation delivered as part of a plenary panel, ‘Transdisciplinary Approach to Forensic Linguistics’, at the 16th Biennial Conference of the…

Laura Smith-KhanJuly 3, 2023

Language and migration Language in Australia

Triumph over trauma: new migrant memoir

Congratulations to Rosemary Kariuki OAM on the publication of her memoir A Joyful Life! The Australian of the Year 2021 Local Hero Awardee and recipient of the Order of Australia…

Vera Williams TettehMarch 20, 2023

Language and migration Research reflections

Scholarly sisterhood: Collaboration is our academic superpower

Editor’s note: Regular readers of Language on the Move will have noticed that we have been very quiet for the past two months. This is because some core team members…

Language on the MoveMarch 7, 2023