Multilingual families – Language on the Move

Multilingual families Next Gen Literacies

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

*** Naomi Fillmore, Hanna Torsh, Yanisa Jakklom *** These Australian students learning Indonesian are described as “executives of tomorrow”, whilst students who are already multilingual are framed as facing disadvantages…

Naomi FillmoreJune 30, 2026

Multilingual families

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Graduation (Image credit: Emily Pacheco) During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When…

Emily PachecoJune 16, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Living Together Across Borders

How do families care for each when they are divided over generations by powerful geopolitical forces beyond their control? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I…

Hanna TorshOctober 7, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Sign Language Brokering

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Professor Jemina Napier (Heriot-Watt University, Scotland) about her 2021 book Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing…

Emily PachecoJuly 30, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Between Deaf and hearing cultures

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with writer and researcher Jessica Kirkness about her 2023 memoir, The House With All The Lights…

Emily PachecoJune 1, 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

Children in traditional costume at annual Mongolian Festival (Nadaam) in Sydney (Image credit: What’s On)

Multilingual families Next Gen Literacies

How to maintain Mongolian in Australia?

Child at annual Mongolian Festival (Naadam) in Sydney (Image credit: What's On) Maintaining their heritage language is paramount for migrants internationally as language is not just a communication tool. It…

Undarmaa MunkhbayarDecember 11, 2023

Multilingual families

Whose job is it to raise the kids (bilingually)?

Image credit: Alexander Dummer via Unsplash In the current crisis, when schools and childcare centres may be closed for long periods, many families have to make choices about work and…

Hanna TorshJune 3, 2020

Multilingual families

Secrets of bilingual parenting success

Dr Van Tran, Charles Sturt University, presented this week's Lecture in Linguistic Diversity In Australia almost a quarter of the population speak a language other than English (LOTE) at home…

Ingrid PillerJune 6, 2019

Multilingual families

Hoping to raise bub bilingually?

New Zealand's PM wants to raise her newborn daughter bilingually (Source: radionz) New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, plans to raise her newborn daughter bilingually in Māori and English. Her…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 3, 2018

Multilingual families

Bilingual children refusing to speak the home language

Dr Sabine Little during her guest lecture at Macquarie University When my daughter was five years old, she one day solemnly informed me that, from now on, she was no…

Ingrid PillerAugust 15, 2018

Multilingual families

Bilingual parenting in the early years

As a parent you know how complicated it is to find a childcare centre for your children: you have a mental list of must-haves and no-goes; you browse the web;…

Victoria BenzAugust 22, 2017

Multilingual families

Bidirectional Language Learning in Migrant Families

Our newest PhD, Dr Shiva Motaghi Tabari (3rd from left) The Language on the Move team is proud to announce another freshly-minted PhD in our midst! Dr Shiva Motaghi Tabari…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 27, 2017

Multilingual families

Giving children the gift of bilingualism

Livia Gerber has just completed her Master of Research thesis entitled “We really believe that we have given our children a gift”: Discourses on bilingual child-rearing in an online parenting…

Livia GerberFebruary 18, 2016

Multilingual families

Children as language brokers

Nizaqete Bislimi (Source: DuMont Verlag / Franz Brück) Some of the most striking images from the refugees who have been trekking across Europe are of families and children. Beyond the…

Ingrid PillerOctober 7, 2015

Multilingual families

Lost in bilingual parenting

Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken (Source: quotesnpoems.com) It is not unusual for bilingual parents to experience a sense of bewilderment when it comes to language choice in the family.…

Shiva Motaghi TabariDecember 5, 2014

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Living Together Across Borders

Sign Language Brokering

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

How to maintain Mongolian in Australia?

Whose job is it to raise the kids (bilingually)?

Secrets of bilingual parenting success

Hoping to raise bub bilingually?

Bilingual children refusing to speak the home language

Bilingual parenting in the early years

Giving children the gift of bilingualism

Lost in bilingual parenting

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