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Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in education

Taking the scenic route to high quality education for Indigenous students

What path do you take if the metaphorical mountain is too steep for both learners and teachers to climb? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr…

Agnes BodisAugust 19, 2026

Multilingual families Next Gen Literacies

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

*** Naomi Fillmore, Hanna Torsh, Yanisa Jakklom *** These Australian students learning Indonesian are described as “executives of tomorrow”, whilst students who are already multilingual are framed as facing disadvantages…

Naomi FillmoreJune 30, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Found in Translation

In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah talks to Dr. Laura Rademaker (Australian National University), the author of Found in Translation: Many Meanings on a North…

Tazin AbdullahFebruary 26, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in Australia

Australia’s National Indigenous Languages Survey

In this podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Zoe Avery, a Worimi woman and a Research Officer at the Centre for Australian Languages within the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and…

Alexandra GreyOctober 28, 2025

Language and law

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament

The material and linguistic representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in parliaments can be important against a history of exclusion. Similarly, this new mural at my workplace by…

Alexandra GreyJuly 1, 2025

Language in Australia Next Gen Literacies

Closing the Gap Languages Target: an update

Image Credit: Dreamtime Creative by Jordan Lovegrove, Ngarrindjeri; from 2023 Annual Closing the Gap Report and 2024 Implementation Plan (p. 10) © Commonwealth of Australia, Commonwealth Closing the Gap Implementation…

Kristen MartinFebruary 15, 2025

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

Language in Australia Next Gen Literacies

(dis)possession and (un)belonging

The logo on the side of the bus shelter Latin at the bus stop Recently, I was out for a walk when it started to rain. Seeking shelter in…

Ingrid PillerMarch 15, 2022

Language politics Next Gen Literacies

Minority languages on social media

On this year’s International Mother Language Day, the UN is encouraging us to reflect on the role of technology in multilingual learning. Here, we are looking at the role of…

Gegentuul BaioudFebruary 28, 2022

Covid-19

Paying lip service to Indigenous inclusion in Peru’s COVID-19 prevention campaign

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 to language…

Alejandra Hermoza CaveroDecember 4, 2020