Language on the Move

Intercultural communication

International students and language: opportunity or threat?

Do we see international students as opportunity or threat? (Screenshot from 'Degrees of Deception') With recent news on the number of international students in Australia reaching a new high and…

Agnes BodisMay 31, 2017

Language in education

Does a language have to be European to be ‘modern’?

Top 10 languages other than English spoken in England and Wales, 2011 (Source: ONS) Modern languages are not merely European languages. Obvious as this may seem, it needs restating as…

Jieun KiaerMay 29, 2017

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Top 10 Language Learning Tips for Language Lovers

The annual language lovers blogging competition organized by ba.bla and lexiophiles is on. And we are delighted that Language on the Move has once again been identified as a Top…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 24, 2017

Intercultural communication

The banal nationalism of intercultural communication advice

Intercultural communication advice is a strange genre. Filling shelves and shelves in bookshops and libraries and now with a well-established presence on the Internet and in training workshops, it portrays…

Ingrid PillerMay 12, 2017

Multilingual families

Bidirectional Language Learning in Migrant Families

Our newest PhD, Dr Shiva Motaghi Tabari (3rd from left) The Language on the Move team is proud to announce another freshly-minted PhD in our midst! Dr Shiva Motaghi Tabari…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 27, 2017

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Language politics

Will technology make language rights obsolete?

Something has been nagging at me recently. I read a lot of tech news, and it seems automated translation is about to get a whole lot better, and a whole…

Dave SayersApril 25, 2017

Language and globalization

Fighting for ‘pure’ Mongolian

Image of dictionary burning circulating on social media On New Year’s Eve, when many people around the world were excited about firework shows, a group of Mongols in remote Inner…

Gegentuul BaioudApril 10, 2017

Language in education

Ten lessons from the Bridging Language Barriers Symposium

Presenters and members of the organizing team at the Bridging Language Barriers Symposium Last week the Language-on-the-Move team at Macquarie University was fortunate to host a delegation of education researchers…

Ingrid PillerMarch 27, 2017

Intercultural communication

‘I’m not listening to you!’ Interacting in a linguistically diverse society

Manus Island Detention Centre, where Faysal Ishak Ahmed collapsed (Source: ABC News) On December 23, 2016, as most Australians were winding down for the holiday week ahead, Faysal Ishak Ahmed,…

Ingrid PillerMarch 15, 2017

Language and globalization Language and migration

How do language barriers come about?

As we prepare for the “Bridging Language Barriers” Symposium to be hosted at Macquarie University next week on March 16, we take a step back and ask how language barriers…

Lg_on_the_moveMarch 7, 2017

Language in education

Building bridges through multilingual schooling: a mother-tongue pilot in East Timor is showing the way

Grade 2 Oral Tetun class Editor's note: As the Language on the Move team is busy preparing for the "Bridging Language Barriers" Symposium to be hosted at Macquarie University on March 16,…

Kerry Taylor-LeechMarch 2, 2017

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Bridging Language Barriers Symposium: Abstracts

Our visitors from Hamburg University are getting ready to travel 16,295 km to Sydney for the 'Bridging Language Barriers' Symposium The count-down for the Bridging Language Barriers Symposium at Macquarie University…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 23, 2017

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Bridging Language Barriers Symposium: Program Update

A pdf version of the "Bridging Language Barriers" program is available here. ***Update, Feb 23: Abstracts now available here*** A one-day symposium at Macquarie University asks how language barriers…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 16, 2017

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Following the China Dream

"Learn Chinese, Double Your World": Promotion of Chinese as a global language Research seminar about the language learning experiences of Burmese high school students in China Topic: Following the China…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 10, 2017

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Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice wins Prose Award

Ingrid Piller's "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" wins Prose Award Language on the Move is finally back from our summer break. The New Year has started well for us with…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 9, 2017

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