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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dr Pia Tenedero, Prof Ingrid Gogolin, and Ana Bruzon (ltr.) during the NGL network conference "Do not ask for free drinking water in Germany!" This was a travel tip I…