Language on the Move

I’m Dying to Speak to You

Flag for autism rights (Image credit: Deviantart) In this post written for autism acceptance month, autistic anthropologist Gerald Roche discusses connections between the communication styles and life expectancy of autistic…

Gerald RocheApril 17, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity English as a global language

Making Sense of “Bad English”

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Elizabeth Peterson about language ideologies and what we think when we hear different varieties of…

Brynn QuickApril 13, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Research reflections

History of Modern Linguistics

In Episode 12 of the Language on the Move Podcast, I speak with James McElvenny about his new book History of Modern Linguistics. This book offers a highly readable, concise…

Ingrid PillerApril 10, 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

Linguistic landscapes

Finding Pakistan in Global Britain

Man wearing shalwar kameez in Tooting A friend of mine wanted me to accompany them to give my verdict about the Pakistani food in Tooting, London. They are non-Pakistani and…

Alia AmirApril 2, 2024

News

Language Rights Defenders Award

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) The Global Coalition for Language Rights is pleased to announce the first annual Language Rights Defenders Award. This award aims to recognize and honor individuals who demonstrate…

Gerald RocheMarch 28, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Covid-19

Reducing Barriers to Language Assistance in Hospital

Hospital corridor, by Sadami Konchi © In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Erin Mulpur about how hospitals can provide linguistic minority…

Brynn QuickMarch 26, 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

Nowruz: Celebration of Heritage and Unity

One of the Nowruz traditions involves leaping over bonfires to rid oneself of pain and sorrow (Image credit: Borna News) As people in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,…

Shiva Motaghi TabariMarch 18, 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

Language and migration Language in Australia

How language and race mediate migrant inclusion

Video available at Faculti: https://faculti.net/like-the-fish-not-in-water/ Editor's note: Despite its diversity, Australia continues to be imagined as a White nation. In this post, which is also available as a 20-minute video,…

Donna ButoracFebruary 20, 2024

News

Language on the Move – the podcast

Language on the Move has launched a podcast We are delighted to share an exciting new development: Language on the Move has partnered with the New Books Network (NBN) to…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 16, 2024

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Becoming a world-ready researcher at Macquarie University

Ana Bruzon presenting her PhD research at ECREA conference in Rotterdam As a third-year PhD candidate in the Linguistics Department at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, I recently had the awe-inspiring…

Ana Sofia BruzonFebruary 13, 2024

Next Gen Literacies

International students’ English language proficiency in the spotlight again

Master of Applied Linguistics and TESOL students at Macquarie University (Image credit: Jung Ung Hwang) As pre-pandemic levels of migration have been restored or exceeded, international students are once again…

Agnes BodisFebruary 6, 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

Multilingual families Next Gen Literacies

What if I lose my language? What if I have lost my language?

Alia Amir's grandfather with his three daughters, ca. 1950 (Copyright: Alia Amir) I admire people, who, on the move, maintain and transfer their heritage languages to the next generations. By…

Alia AmirJanuary 24, 2024