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Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

Your languages are your superpower!

In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Cindy Valdez, an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) specialist, and Founder & CEO…

Agnes BodisNovember 17, 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

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Immigrant Teachers Are Reshaping English Education

*** Dr Nashid Nigar and Professor Alex Kostogriz *** Imagine stepping into a classroom where students expect you to embody English in its “native” form, fluency, and culture. For many non-native…

Language on the MoveMarch 18, 2025

Language learning Next Gen Literacies

Why is it so hard for English teachers to learn Japanese?

A chapter by this site’s founders set me off on a path to doing a Ph.D. and made me re-evaluate my linguistic practises and my position as an English teacher…

Owen MinnsMay 1, 2024

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

对于西藏英语教学实践的超语实践探索

编者注： "土著人民有权建立和管理他们的教育系统和机构，以适合其文化教学方法的方式，用自己的语言提供教育"。 (联合国《土著人民权利宣言》第14条）。尽管有诸如此类的国际保护措施，原住民在教育领域仍然处于劣势地位。本文着眼于以超语实践理论，探求解答这一问题的途径。 English version of this article available here. *** 作者：余星星, Nashid Nigar, 钱祺 *** Tibetan Buddhist stupa and houses…

Language on the MoveJune 7, 2023

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Translanguaging the English language curriculum in Tibet

Tibetan Buddhist stupa and houses outside the town of Ngawa, on the Tibetan Plateau (Image credit: Wikipedia) Editor's note: "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational…

Language on the MoveJune 2, 2023

Covid-19

How the pandemic changed our teaching practicum

Editor’s note: Since February 2020, we have been running a series devoted to language aspects of the COVID-19 crisis here on Language on the Move. In this new post, two teacher…

Language on the MoveMay 14, 2021

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

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

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

Next Gen Literacies

Gaming language learning

For one of my postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics, I was asked to write an assignment about my language learning history. Recalling all the phases I went through to learn…

Luis Torres VasquezAugust 28, 2019

Language and globalization

Promoting English in Saudi Arabia

Advertisement for Wall Street English Institute “Do you speak English?” is a frequently asked question, which Saudi people must be prepared to answer with a confident “Yes!” when applying for…

Samar AlkhalilMarch 25, 2019

Language in education

Imagined communities in English language textbooks

Cover page of the first textbook in the Lift Off series Although the Saudi government does its best to provide effective English language teaching and learning, there are widespread concerns…

Awatif AlshammriDecember 5, 2018

Multilingual histories

How to end native speaker privilege

Native and non-native teachers at Lord Harris' School, Royapett, Madras, 1865 (Source: British Library) For some time now, a debate has been raging in TESOL about the relative merits of…

Ingrid PillerMay 31, 2018

Language and globalization

How States Promote Global English: Shifting Priorities in Education

Cover of 2008 movie "Mad about English" (Source: Zhang, Jie. Language policy and planning for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ) We are repeatedly told that people around the world are…

Peter IvesOctober 11, 2016

Language in education

Can ESL teachers play a role in helping maintain the home language?

ESL teachers play an important role in home language maintenance (Image Credit: Macquarie University) Learning the host country’s language is important for migrants but we should not forget that maintaining…

Agnes BodisSeptember 21, 2016

Your languages are your superpower!

Sexual predation and English language teaching

Immigrant Teachers Are Reshaping English Education

Why is it so hard for English teachers to learn Japanese?

对于西藏英语教学实践的超语实践探索

Translanguaging the English language curriculum in Tibet

How the pandemic changed our teaching practicum

Gaming language learning

Promoting English in Saudi Arabia

Imagined communities in English language textbooks

How to end native speaker privilege

How States Promote Global English: Shifting Priorities in Education

Can ESL teachers play a role in helping maintain the home language?

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