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Language and law Next Gen Literacies

Refugee credibility assessment and the vanishing interpreter

Dr Laura Smith-Khan during her keynote at InDialog (Image credit: Dries Cavents, UGhent) Editor's Note: Asylum seekers in countries of the Global North need to communicate a credible fear of…

Laura Smith-KhanSeptember 22, 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

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Linguistic diversity in education: Ingrid Gogolin in interview

Professor Gogolin speaks at the International Symposium on Bilingualism Why is linguistic diversity important in creating educational equity? How is the migrant experience different across different nations? How does the…

Hanna TorshJuly 21, 2023

Language and law Language and migration

Intercultural communication in migration law practice

(Image credit: Eurekastreet) Editor's note: This article is based on a presentation delivered as part of a plenary panel, ‘Transdisciplinary Approach to Forensic Linguistics’, at the 16th Biennial Conference of the…

Laura Smith-KhanJuly 3, 2023

Language and migration Language in Australia

Triumph over trauma: new migrant memoir

Congratulations to Rosemary Kariuki OAM on the publication of her memoir A Joyful Life! The Australian of the Year 2021 Local Hero Awardee and recipient of the Order of Australia…

Vera Williams TettehMarch 20, 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

Language and migration Next Gen Literacies

如何促进移民的社会融入-基督教会带给我们的启示

For an older English-language version of this post, click here. 教堂的中文标识在悉尼的语言景观中越来越突出在以英语占绝对主体地位的语言环境中这些双语的标识是引人注目的更何况汉语…

Yining WangNovember 23, 2022

Next Gen Literacies

Language Barriers to Social Participation

When Yu Qi (not her real name) discovered her son was falling behind in school, she had no way of finding out why or how she could support him. After…

Ingrid PillerAugust 26, 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

Securing the borders of English and Whiteness

Australia as a White nation has deep roots: the aim of this 1914 board game was literally "to get the Coloured Men out and the White men in" (Image credit:…

Ingrid PillerNovember 8, 2021

Language and migration

What can churches teach us about migrant inclusion?

Chinese signage on churches is increasingly prominent in Sydney’s linguistic landscape. These signs are surprising because they are bilingual in a predominantly English monolingual linguistic landscape. They are also surprising…

Ingrid PillerJune 21, 2021

Language and migration

Partner language requirements and new borders for family life

Australia Day Parade Melboure (Image credit: Mitchell Luo on Unsplash) In October 2020, the Australian government outlined budgetary plans to create language requirements for migrant partners seeking to remain in…

Kamran KhanFebruary 17, 2021

Covid-19

Home schooling in Covid-19: challenges for migrant families

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…

Claire LiveseyDecember 15, 2020

Covid-19

The quality of COVID-19 communication is a test of social cohesion

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…

Peter O'KeefeDecember 10, 2020

Research reflections

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2021

2020 has been a strange year for reading: some of us have had a lot more time for reading, others far less. Regardless whether you’ve been able to indulge or…

Language on the MoveDecember 3, 2020

Language in Australia

English language proficiency and national cohesion

Victorian Multicultural Commission, Melbourne (Image credit: Pramuk Perera, via Unsplash) In August, Australia’s Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, announced the extension of the…