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Next Gen Literacies

Monolingual school websites as barriers to parent engagement

(Image credit: Markus Spiske via Unsplash) Parental engagement is a critical aspect of student achievement When we think about student achievement, we typically think about student qualities: how smart a…

Ingrid PillerDecember 15, 2021

News

Language diversity across generations and contexts

(Image credit: John Schaidler via Unsplash) The Next Generation Literacies international research network hosts a free 2-day research symposium devoted to language diversity and participation across generations and contexts. When:…

Language on the MoveNovember 19, 2021

Next Gen Literacies

Esports are the new linguistic and cultural frontier

The heroic EDG esports winning team of League of Legends Chinese esports team Edward Gaming, or EDG for short, has just won the first ever Leagues of Legend (LoL) world…

Li JiaNovember 15, 2021

Covid-19 Next Gen Literacies

Language and communication in crisis

Malinche mediating between the Spanish and the Americans (Source: Lienzo de Tlaxcala, mid 16th c) We live in an age of crisis, as humanity confronts an ever-escalating climate and environmental…

Ingrid PillerOctober 30, 2021

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual histories

Can we ever unthink linguistic nationalism?

In this latest installment of Chats in Linguistic Diversity, I talk to Professor Aneta Pavlenko about multilingualism through the ages. We start from the question whether the world today is…

Ingrid PillerOctober 4, 2021

Next Gen Literacies

We, heirs of the multilingual Sumerians

The Sumerian Empire under King Shulgi (2094 to 2046 BCE) (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Do you know in which language the Sumerians started the written chronicle of humanity? It is a…

Ingrid PillerJuly 18, 2021

Intercultural communication

The interpreting profession in Ancient Egypt

Remember Joseph speaking to his brothers through an interpreter? Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers Academic interpreting often labors under the assumption that the profession…

Ingrid PillerJune 29, 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

News

Designing and using a bilingual writer corpus

Update March 15, 2021: A recording of this lecture is now available on the Language-on-the-Move YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TKETk-zvqpI *** After a pandemic-induced interruption, our Lectures in Linguistic Diversity are back…

Language on the MoveMarch 1, 2021

Language and social justice

Language on the Move is back from our summer break! And we start the year with a quick intro to language and social justice. How and why are language and…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 29, 2021

Covid-19

From language barriers to linguistic resources in COVID safe business registration

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…

Monica NeveDecember 14, 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

Covid-19

Why Indonesian villagers don’t know how to protect themselves against COVID-19

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…

Yudha HidayatDecember 9, 2020

Covid-19

Teaching remotely during COVID-19 in a disadvantaged and multilingual school

We prepared and distributed numerous learning packs 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…

Nusrat ParveenDecember 7, 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…

Miriam FaineNovember 24, 2020

Language diversity across generations and contexts

Esports are the new linguistic and cultural frontier

Language and communication in crisis

Can we ever unthink linguistic nationalism?

We, heirs of the multilingual Sumerians

The interpreting profession in Ancient Egypt

Designing and using a bilingual writer corpus

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2021

English language proficiency and national cohesion

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