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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 and law Next Gen Literacies

Linguistic Inclusion in Public Health Communications

The Linguistic Justice Society has kindly recorded and uploaded my webinar from July 2023, ‘Linguistic Inclusion and Good Governance in Multilingual Australia'. The webinar draws together three studies, two with…

Alexandra GreySeptember 1, 2023

News Next Gen Literacies

Curing confusion: Brynn Quick wins 3MT competition award

Congratulations to Brynn Quick, whose entry into the 3-minute-thesis competition won the Macquarie University Department of Linguistics People's Choice Award yesterday! Brynn's research examines what happens when people go to…

Language on the MoveAugust 9, 2023

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Translanguaging: Ofelia García in interview

Professor García (r) and members of the Language on the Move team during ISB14 The concept of translanguaging has been gaining increasing popularity but, at the same time, continues to…

Loy LisingJuly 28, 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

News

Event: Linguistic Inclusion and Good Governance in Multilingual Australia

Bilingual sign in Sydney (photo by Alexandra Grey) Readers are warmly invited to the next webinar of the series of webinars of the Linguistic Justice Society (LJS): When: Friday 28…

Language on the MoveJune 9, 2023

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

对于西藏英语教学实践的超语实践探索

编者注： "土著人民有权建立和管理他们的教育系统和机构，以适合其文化教学方法的方式，用自己的语言提供教育"。 (联合国《土著人民权利宣言》第14条）。尽管有诸如此类的国际保护措施，原住民在教育领域仍然处于劣势地位。本文着眼于以超语实践理论，探求解答这一问题的途径。 English version of this article available here. *** 作者：余星星, Nashid Nigar, 钱祺 *** Tibetan Buddhist stupa and houses…

Language on the MoveJune 7, 2023

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Translanguaging the English language curriculum in Tibet

Tibetan Buddhist stupa and houses outside the town of Ngawa, on the Tibetan Plateau (Image credit: Wikipedia) Editor's note: "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational…

Language on the MoveJune 2, 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

News

Event: Multilingual students in monolingual universities

(Image credit: Mana Akbarzadegan via Unsplash) Have you noticed the persistent divide between domestic and international students at Australian universities? Do you worry how the English-monolingual habitus of our highly…

Language on the MoveMarch 27, 2023

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2023

Time flies and it’s time for another Reading Challenge. The annual Language on the Move Reading Challenge is designed to encourage broad reading at the intersection of linguistic diversity and…

Ingrid PillerDecember 26, 2022

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

How to balance academic workloads

Editor’s note: In this reflective post, Dr. Loy Lising shares how she balances the multiple demands placed on academics. As academic workloads have intensified, many feel that the balancing act…

Loy LisingDecember 19, 2022

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

“Baraye” – preposition of the year

Prepositions are the unnoticed and underappreciated workhorses of language. They are "grammar words" that indicate relationships. Essentially, their job is to connect other words with bigger and more important meanings.…

Ingrid PillerDecember 12, 2022

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

Intercultural communication

Bilingual double vision

Memorial for Kian Pirfalak at Isfahan University (Source: Twitter) In the Name of the God of the Rainbow, let’s today think about bilingual double vision. Double vision is a condition…

Ingrid PillerNovember 21, 2022

Language at work Next Gen Literacies

Accountants as language workers

It is probably the least intuitive way of describing accountants, but these number-crunchers are, in fact, also language workers. This part of their professional identity is largely hidden for at…

Pia TenederoNovember 17, 2022