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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

Intercultural Communication – Now in the 3rd edition

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Loy Lising speaks with Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller about the 3rd edition of her best-selling textbook Intercultural Communication (Edinburgh University…

Language on the MoveAugust 26, 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

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

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in Australia

Creaky Voice in Australian English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Hannah White, a Postdoc researcher at Macquarie University in the Department of Linguistics. She completed…

Brynn QuickDecember 19, 2024

Language and law Next Gen Literacies

Legal literacy in a linguistically diverse society

Moving to a new country involves a lot of learning. Not least important is developing an understanding of local laws. This is essential to avoid breaking the law but is…

Laura Smith-KhanSeptember 19, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Community Languages Schools Transforming Education

In Episode 16 of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh speaks with Emeritus Professor Joseph Lo Bianco about his new co-edited book, Community and Heritage Languages Schools Transforming…

Hanna TorshMay 7, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

40 years of Croatian Studies at Macquarie University

In this latest episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I spoke with Jasna Novak Milić, the director of the Croatian Studies Center at Macquarie University. The Croatian Studies…

Ingrid PillerApril 8, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Interpreting service provision is good value for money

In this new episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I spoke with Dr Jim Hlavac about interpreting in Australia. Dr Hlavac is a senior lecturer in the Monash…

Ingrid PillerMarch 20, 2024

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Happy Ramadan from London

Ramadan Lights on Coventry Street Ramadan in London is exceptional in many ways. As the centre of a former Empire which still exerts a global pull on its former subjects…

Alia AmirMarch 11, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and law

What does it mean to govern a multilingual society well?

Long-time Language-on-the-Move team members and friends Hanna Torsh and Alex Grey got to sit down for a formal interview Here are Language on the Move we know that linguistic diversity…

Hanna TorshJanuary 31, 2024

Next Gen Literacies

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

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

New ways to answer old questions about Ramadan

Image 1 Like many parents of teenagers, I delightedly welcome any occasion to connect with a generation I don’t always understand and that doesn’t always understand me. As a Muslim…

Tazin AbdullahApril 19, 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

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