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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

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Global Coalition for Language Rights

This post has been authored by Gerald Roche and Claire French *** Adéṣínà Ayẹni to Gerald Roche (2 Feb 2022): I will surely love to be a part of the…

Gerald RocheApril 29, 2022

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

Covid-19 News

COVID-19 dominates Hamburg International Summer School

21 Masters and PhD students from 9 countries attended the Hamburg International Summer School 2021 devoted to “Language Diversity, Education, and Social Participation” How do train stations across Europe deal…

Language on the MoveSeptember 22, 2021

Language across three generations of Hani minority women

LI Jia and LI Yongzhen, Yunnan University *** The Hani are one of the officially recognized ethnic minorities in China, and can also be found across the border in Myanmar,…

Li JiaSeptember 16, 2021

Covid-19

COVID-19 and the struggle for inclusive mobility

During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have responded in varying ways to curb the spread of the disease by implementing different measures to restrict mobility among the population.…

Paolo Niño ValdezJune 7, 2021

Language and law

Bringing linguistic research into legal scholarship and practice

(Image credit: Grey & Smith-Khan, 2021) Together with another Language on the Move regular, Laura Smith-Khan, I have just published a new article about ‘bringing linguistic research into legal scholarship…

Alexandra GreyMay 7, 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

Mismatched public health communication costs lives in Pakistan

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…

Kinza Afraz AbbasiDecember 11, 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

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

How to teach TESOL ethically in an English-dominant world

Carla Chamberlin, Ingrid Piller, and Mak Khan in conversation TESOL and social justice One of the thrusts of my research has been a critical examination of the social consequences of…

Ingrid PillerNovember 19, 2020

Foreign language learning for minority empowerment?

LI Jia and LV Yong, Yunnan University *** Editor’s note: There is a Chinese saying that two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠赛过一个诸葛亮). This proverb emphasizes both collective wisdom and the…

Li JiaOctober 23, 2020

English as a global language

Minority languages on the rise?

LI Jia and LV Yong, Yunnan University *** Editor’s note: There is a Chinese saying that two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠赛过一个诸葛亮). This proverb emphasizes both collective wisdom and the…

Li JiaOctober 21, 2020

Covid-19

More on crisis communication in multilingual Australia

Editor’s note: The Covid-19 crisis has exposed fractures in the social and linguistic fabric in many contexts internationally, as we have been documenting in our series of language aspects of the…

Language on the MoveOctober 13, 2020

Covid-19

Crisis communication in multilingual Australia

Editor's note: The Covid-19 crisis has exposed fractures in the social and linguistic fabric in many contexts internationally, as we have been documenting in our series of language aspects of…

Language on the MoveOctober 12, 2020

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