Language on the Move

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Teaching International Students

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Agi Bodis and Dr Jing Fang about international tertiary students in Australia. They discuss how…

Brynn QuickMarch 31, 2025

Language and migration

Language access rights are vital

Editor’s note: The Trump administration has recently declared English the official language of the USA while simultaneously cutting the provision of English language education services. This politicization of language and migration in the USA is…

Gerald RocheMarch 26, 2025

Language and migration

English in the Crossfire of US Immigration

The White House (Image credit: Zach Rudisin, Wikipedia) Editor's note: The Trump administration has recently declared English the official language of the USA while simultaneously cutting the provision of English…

Rosemary SalomoneMarch 19, 2025

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Immigrant Teachers Are Reshaping English Education

*** Dr Nashid Nigar and Professor Alex Kostogriz *** Imagine stepping into a classroom where students expect you to embody English in its “native” form, fluency, and culture. For many non-native…

Language on the MoveMarch 18, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Intercultural Competence in the Digital Age

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Amy McHugh, an Academic Facilitator at the National Centre for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney. Dr McHugh’s research focuses on the roles of…

Brynn QuickMarch 12, 2025

The European Court of Justice Building in Luxembourg (Image Credit: CJUE)

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and law

How does multilingual law-making work?

In this podcast interview, Alexandra Grey explores multilingual law-making with Karen McAuliffe, a Professor of Law and Language at Birmingham Law School in the UK. The conversation is about the…

Alexandra GreyMarch 5, 2025

Language and law Linguistic landscapes

Making Zhuang language visible

Why do some cities around the world have public signage in multiple languages? Is there a policy behind it, and who does this signage benefit? Is there any multilingual signage…

Alexandra GreyFebruary 28, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity English as a global language

Educational inequality in Fijian higher education

In this episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh speaks with Dr Prashneel Ravisan Goundar, an academic based in the Graduate Research School at the University of New England,…

Hanna TorshFebruary 25, 2025

Research reflections

Lifelong learning from academic mentorship

Tazin speaks at Talent Day, Bangladesh Forum for Community Engagement Every year, the Bangladesh Forum for Community Engagement in Sydney, Australia hosts an event called ‘Talent Day’ to acknowledge the…

Tazin AbdullahFebruary 20, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Research reflections

Seven reasons why we love hosting podcasts

Tazin and Brynn, two of our enthusiastic podcast hosts Editor's note: Time flies: the Language-on-the-Move Podcast in collaboration with the New Books Network just turned one! Time to celebrate and…

Language on the MoveFebruary 17, 2025

Language in Australia Next Gen Literacies

Closing the Gap Languages Target: an update

Image Credit: Dreamtime Creative by Jordan Lovegrove, Ngarrindjeri; from 2023 Annual Closing the Gap Report and 2024 Implementation Plan (p. 10) © Commonwealth of Australia, Commonwealth Closing the Gap Implementation…

Kristen MartinFebruary 15, 2025

Language and law

Language and Inclusion in Law

Editor’s note: This post is the latest installment in the Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers’ Network (LLIRN) "About Us" blog series. The aim of the "About Us" blog series is…

Emma GenoveseFebruary 10, 2025

Intercultural communication

More than meets the eye

Sunjoo Kim (middle) graduating from her Master of Research Whenever I write an email to a professor, there is one question lingering in my mind: Should I say “Dr +…

Sunjoo KimFebruary 6, 2025

Next Gen Literacies

Automating silence?

Mia Wallace (Image credit: Wikipedia) In Quentin Tarantino’s blockbuster Pulp Fiction, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) asks Vincent Vega (John Travolta) whether he hates uncomfortable silences. Mia ponders ‘Why is it…

Celeste Rodriguez LouroFebruary 3, 2025

News

New Year’s Visit

Professors Piller and Dong Gong Xi Fa Cai! All good wishes for the Year of the Snake! The Chinese New Year holiday brought a lovely opportunity to receive a visit…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 29, 2025

Linguistic landscapes

Local culture mirrored in dog signs

Dog signs are an ubiquitous part of the semiotic landscape in many parts of the world. This article delves into signs regulating dogs in a small town in Finland. Image…

Rami LuistoJanuary 28, 2025