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

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in education

Taking the scenic route to high quality education for Indigenous students

What path do you take if the metaphorical mountain is too steep for both learners and teachers to climb? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr…

Agnes BodisAugust 19, 2026

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Epistemic belonging and purposeful interactions

Editor’s note: The 2026 Hamburg International Summer School "Literacies for Social Participation" has come and gone. For those of us fortunate enough to attend, it was an epic learning opportunity with…

Language on the MoveAugust 12, 2026

Intercultural communication

Start learning Esperanto now!

Editor’s note: The 111th World Congress of Esperanto is currently taking place in the Austrian city of Graz. According to Austrian National TV, more than 1,100 attendees from 62 countries…

Nicole ElseAugust 6, 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

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Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the US

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick sits down with Dr. Nelson Flores to discuss his 2024 book entitled Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy…

Brynn QuickJuly 9, 2026

Language and law News

Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

NSW Coat of Arms (Image credit: Floodstreet, via Wikipedia) Update 07/07/2026: After receiving 105 endorsements, we handed in our submission by the deadline. The Committee’s usual practice is to accept…

Laura Smith-KhanJune 22, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Great Minds in Despair

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Frank Stahnisch, Professor of the History of Medicine and Health Care at the University of Calgary…

Ingrid PillerJune 18, 2026

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Heritage language research: participants wanted

(Image credit: Sofatutor via Unsplash) Are you a family based in Australia using a language other than English at home? Do you have a child between 6 and 14 years…

Language on the MoveJune 16, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Islam in English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Oludamini Oguannaike, Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy at the University of Virginia.…

Tazin AbdullahJune 11, 2026

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Language learning

The textbook wall

Have you ever felt a wall of textbooks around you, obstructing your vision and thinking, rather than widening your horizon? That’s how one of my research participants, let’s call him…

Linguistic landscapes

Sacred Font, Profane Purpose

*** Yasser S. Khan and Rizwan Ahmad *** The offending dress (Image credit: BBC) Recently, a woman in Lahore was accused of blasphemy for wearing a dress printed with Arabic…

Language learning

Bilingual math

Over the past year or so I’ve started to make my daughter do daily arithmetic practice in German. My reason for doing so stems from my dissatisfaction with the ways…

English as a global language

India in Arabia

Language and tourism

New Swiss Christianity: Let’s build brothels

Multilingual families

Early study abroad students in young adulthood

Language learning

How I worked as a foreign accent coach

Multilingual histories

Alexander von Humboldt visits Australia

Language learning

How were foreign languages learned in early modern Europe?

Tuning in to the melody of another language

Linguistic unease in healthcare

Taking the scenic route to high quality education for Indigenous students

Epistemic belonging and purposeful interactions

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Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

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