Multilingualism – Language on the Move

Aboriginal languages in Australia’s parliament

Last year, I wrote here on Language on the Move about Members of Parliament (MPs) across Australia making linguistic diversity visible. My research amplifies the increasing numbers of elected representatives…

Alexandra GreySeptember 30, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

How were foreign languages learned in early modern Europe?

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Professor Dr. Natalia Filatkina, Dr. Kerstin Roth and Research Associate Miriam Hinterholzer. All three work at…

Brynn QuickSeptember 23, 2026

Intercultural communication Language learning

Tuning in to the melody of another language

“Eh, what?!” When a different melody causes confusion It happened to me again. I said something, and my interlocutor’s reaction was: “I don’t know.” There is something in the melody…

Andrea PeškováSeptember 9, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Linguistic unease in healthcare

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Dr. Nicole Marinaro, a sociolinguist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. Her work explores…

Brynn QuickSeptember 2, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Speech and the City

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Yaron Matras about his new book Speech and the City. In this timely book, Yaron shows…

Ingrid PillerAugust 26, 2026

Next Gen Literacies

Teaching Reading With Social Justice

Editor's note: Narrow views of reading as purely a mechanical skill have recently gained renewed traction. Literacy programs that strip away the social and cultural contexts of reading and writing run…

Judy KalmanJuly 15, 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

Language at work Next Gen Literacies

The cost of language juggling

*** Adolfo M. García, Agustina Birba, Edinson Muñoz, Isabelle Chou *** How interpreting drains the bilingual mind Simultaneous interpreting is often described as one of the most cognitively demanding language…

Language on the MoveMay 19, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Bilingual writers and corpus analysis

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Professor David Palfreyman (United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain) about his 2023 book Bilingual writers and…

Ingrid PillerMay 5, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language at work

The (un)imagined work of linguistic inclusion

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with PhD candidate Brynn Quick (Macquarie University, Australia) about her 2025 paper, The (un)imagined work of determining patients’ English…

Emily PachecoApril 22, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

Older adults learning English in Berlin

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast Dr Hanna Torsh talks to Katharina Gensch (University of Hamburg) about her new paper "English language education for older adults in a multilingual…

Hanna TorshApril 8, 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

Language learning

How I worked as a foreign accent coach

Human voice – between sound and identity I have always been fascinated by the human voice. When you speak on the phone with a stranger, it can reveal so much…

Andrea PeškováFebruary 17, 2026

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

Language learning

Native listening and learning new sounds

I hear what you don’t hear Have you ever listened to a language you don’t know and thought you recognized a word—only to realize later that you were completely mistaken?…

Andrea PeškováNovember 5, 2025

Aboriginal languages in Australia’s parliament

How were foreign languages learned in early modern Europe?

Tuning in to the melody of another language

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

The cost of language juggling

Bilingual writers and corpus analysis

The (un)imagined work of linguistic inclusion

Older adults learning English in Berlin

Found in Translation

How I worked as a foreign accent coach

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2026

Your languages are your superpower!

Native listening and learning new sounds

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