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Language on the Move 2024

The author team of "Life in a New Language" “This year was average; worse than the year before but better than next year.” I am reminded of this saying each…

Ingrid PillerDecember 30, 2024

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2025

Book reading is an important part of individual and social wellbeing (Image copyright: Sadami Konchi) Each year, I survey my Literacies students about their reading and writing activities. Over the…

Ingrid PillerDecember 27, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Whiteness, Accents, and Children’s Media

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and…

Brynn QuickDecember 24, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in Australia

Creaky Voice in Australian English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Hannah White, a Postdoc researcher at Macquarie University in the Department of Linguistics. She completed…

Brynn QuickDecember 19, 2024

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

Language in education Linguistic landscapes

Mindful about multilingualism

*** By Maria Regina P. Arriero and Pia Tenedero *** Each year, we celebrate Buwan ng Wika or (National) Language Month in the Philippines. Formerly focused only on the Filipino…

Pia TenederoNovember 25, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in education

Supporting multilingual families to engage with schools

How can school communications become more accessible to multilingual families? In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, I speak to Professor Margaret Kettle about the Multilingual Glossary…

Agnes BodisNovember 20, 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 law

Judging Refugees

In this podcast episode, I speak with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination. The conversation introduces listeners to the…

Laura Smith-KhanNovember 2, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Linguistic landscapes

How did Arabic get on that sign?

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I speak with Dr. Rizwan Ahmad, Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of English Literature and Linguistics in the College…

Tazin AbdullahOctober 30, 2024

Linguistic landscapes

Tibetan in China’s rapid urbanization

Tibet is changing fast Image 1: Chinese and international brands in the most developed commercial area of Rongwo (Image credit: Giulia Cabras) One of the most striking aspects that catches…

Giulia CabrasOctober 25, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and globalization

Migration, constraints, and suffering

Supermarket in Naples (Image credit: Marco Santello) A key part of the experience of migration is not being in full control of one’s circumstances and doings. In this episode, Ingrid…

Ingrid PillerOctober 14, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Living Together Across Borders

How do families care for each when they are divided over generations by powerful geopolitical forces beyond their control? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I…

Hanna TorshOctober 7, 2024

Linguistic landscapes News

Regulating Muslims: Tazin Abdullah wins 3MT competition

Congratulations to Tazin Abdullah, whose entry into the 3-minute-thesis competition won the 3-minute-thesis competition of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia last week! That success came after taking out the Macquarie…

Language on the MoveOctober 4, 2024