Migration – Language on the Move

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

Romani Grassroots Language Learning

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Dr Santiago Betancor Falcón (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) about his 2025 paper,…

Emily PachecoJune 3, 2026

Language and migration

“Broken Arabic” between mockery and commercialization

*** By Rizwan Ahmad, Salma Dhailia, and Mahla Almeraikhi *** Es fi: ‘Broken’ Arabic in the Gulf Screenshot from a Omar-Jamsheid TikTok video When you walk through the streets of…

Rizwan AhmadApril 28, 2026

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Kurdish Heritage Language Education

Ez li welêt mamoste bûm. Lê piştî 12 Îlonê em ketin hepsê. Hepsê de em hinek kurdî elimîn. (Mamoste Mesud, Kurdish language teacher in Germany, pseudonym) This testimony comes from…

Martin Serif DerinceApril 15, 2026

Language and migration

Digital mutual aid among migrants, in the shadow of ChatGPT

Ukrainian migrant asking ChatGPT to explain different types of rental contracts in Austria (still from Yudytska & Androutsopoulos 2025) For nearly four years now, I’ve been heavily involved in online…

Jenia YudytskaFebruary 9, 2026

News Next Gen Literacies

Centering people in technology-mediated communication

Group photo, New Technologies in Intercultural Communication Symposium (Image credit: Language on the Move) On a crack-of-dawn flight early Monday morning last week, I flew to Sydney for the day…

Jemima Rillera KempsterDecember 18, 2025

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2026

"Read - Learn - Grow - Be Kind" - this street library says it all (Image credit: Language on the Move) The Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge 2026 is out! Now in…

Ingrid PillerDecember 11, 2025

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 and migration

Migration is about every human challenge

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with writer, illustrator, filmmaker and Academy Award winner Shaun Tan. Shaun is best known for illustrated books…

Brynn QuickSeptember 17, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage

In this podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners,…

Alexandra GreyAugust 20, 2025

Multilingual families

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Graduation (Image credit: Emily Pacheco) During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When…

Emily PachecoJune 16, 2025

Language and migration

Language access rights are vital

Editor’s note: The Trump administration has recently declared English the official language of the USA while simultaneously cutting the provision of English language education services. This politicization of language and migration in the USA is…

Gerald RocheMarch 26, 2025

Language and migration

English in the Crossfire of US Immigration

The White House (Image credit: Zach Rudisin, Wikipedia) Editor's note: The Trump administration has recently declared English the official language of the USA while simultaneously cutting the provision of English…

Rosemary SalomoneMarch 19, 2025

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

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

Kurdish Heritage Language Education

Centering people in technology-mediated communication

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2026

Your languages are your superpower!

Migration is about every human challenge

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2025

Trust and suspicion at the airport

Life in a New Language at ALS2024

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