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Why Australia needs Croatian Studies

Attendees at "Linguistic Inclusion Today" workshop pose for a group photo There is only one Australian university that has a program in Croatian Studies: Macquarie University. A few weeks ago,…

Ingrid PillerDecember 21, 2023

Children in traditional costume at annual Mongolian Festival (Nadaam) in Sydney (Image credit: What’s On)

Multilingual families Next Gen Literacies

How to maintain Mongolian in Australia?

Child at annual Mongolian Festival (Naadam) in Sydney (Image credit: What's On) Maintaining their heritage language is paramount for migrants internationally as language is not just a communication tool. It…

Undarmaa MunkhbayarDecember 11, 2023

News

Linguistic Inclusion Today

***This page was updated on Dec 05, 2023. Presentation abstracts are now available at the bottom of this page.*** Join us on Thursday, December 14, at Macquarie University for a…

Language on the MoveNovember 24, 2023

Next Gen Literacies

The Complexities of Simplifying Language

Nagoya City poster titled “Pleasant Communication with Simple Japanese”. Note the play on words for “Nagoya” and “pleasant” (nagoyaka) “Cheers, mate.” It’s a cold January night in Hokkaido, Japan, the…

Emily BaileyOctober 23, 2023

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 learning Next Gen Literacies

Competing Visions of the Global Promotion of Mandarin

Editor's note: Language learning and teaching is rarely about language alone. Sometimes, it is about making a political statement and taking a soft power approach, as Jeffrey Gil and Minglei…

Jeffrey GilJuly 18, 2023

Language and globalization Next Gen Literacies

Hallyu and Korean language learning

LI, Jia & HE, Bin, Yunnan University *** ‘The Glory’, a Korean drama, has ranked the top among the ten most watched TV and films since its release on March…

Li JiaApril 17, 2023

Language and globalization Next Gen Literacies

Lent, Language, and Faith Work

Multilingual responses are common during the special liturgies of Lent Many people celebrated Easter with chocolate bunny treats and by enjoying the long weekend. But not as many know the…

Pia TenederoApril 12, 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

English as a global language Next Gen Literacies

How do universities decide whose English needs to be tested for admission?

(Image credit: Mana Akbarzadegan via Unsplash) When Muhammad* applied for admission to a postgraduate degree at an Australian university, he was asked to show evidence of his English language proficiency.…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 6, 2023

English as a global language Research reflections

What happens when researcher and researched speak different languages?

Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon interviewing unidentified Yanomami people Editor's note: How do researchers in anthropology and sociology deal with linguistic diversity? Do they learn the language(s) of the people they work…

Language on the MoveOctober 31, 2022

Language in Australia Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Heritage language education in Australia and Sweden

What stops Australia from doing something like Sweden has done to promote multilingualism? Is it too hard to implement mother tongue instruction in the education system of Australia? On the…

Language on the MoveFebruary 21, 2022

Language and migration Next Gen Literacies

Life in a language you are still learning

Mis dos voces (Image credit: Rayon Verde) Imagine this: you go out to a fast-food restaurant and order a burger. While you wait for your order to be filled, you…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 9, 2022

Next Gen Literacies

Peripheral language learners and the romance of Thai

The South China-Laos-Thailand region with the new railway line (Source: South China Morning Post) Language learning through watching films and playing videogames is a new trend. This kind of informal…

Li JiaDecember 4, 2021

Next Gen Literacies

We, heirs of the multilingual Sumerians

The Sumerian Empire under King Shulgi (2094 to 2046 BCE) (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Do you know in which language the Sumerians started the written chronicle of humanity? It is a…

Ingrid PillerJuly 18, 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

Why Australia needs Croatian Studies

How to maintain Mongolian in Australia?

Competing Visions of the Global Promotion of Mandarin

Lent, Language, and Faith Work

Scholarly sisterhood: Collaboration is our academic superpower

How do universities decide whose English needs to be tested for admission?

What happens when researcher and researched speak different languages?

Heritage language education in Australia and Sweden

Life in a language you are still learning

Peripheral language learners and the romance of Thai

We, heirs of the multilingual Sumerians

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