Language on the Move

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

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Covid-19

Multilingual crisis communication

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Jia Li, Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics at Yunnan University, China. Tazin and Jia discuss crisis…

Tazin AbdullahJanuary 22, 2025

Linguistic landscapes

Visit to Abrahamic Family House

*** Anna Dillon and Sarah Hopkyns *** Figure 1: Sarah (in black) and Anna (in purple) at Abrahamic Family House As friends and fellow sociolinguists, we, Anna and Sarah, have…

Sarah HopkynsJanuary 17, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Gerald Roche, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Media, and Philosophy at La Trobe…

Tazin AbdullahJanuary 14, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in education

Why teachers turn to AI

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Sue Ollerhead about an article that Sue has recently written for the Australian Association for Research in Education…

Brynn QuickJanuary 9, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and law

Language Rights in a Changing China

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Alexandra Grey about Dr. Grey’s book entitled Language Rights in a Changing China: A National Overview…

Brynn QuickJanuary 1, 2025

News

Language on the Move 2024

The author team of "Life in a New Language" “This year was average; worse than the year before but better than next year.” I am reminded of this saying each…

Ingrid PillerDecember 30, 2024

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2025

Book reading is an important part of individual and social wellbeing (Image copyright: Sadami Konchi) Each year, I survey my Literacies students about their reading and writing activities. Over the…

Ingrid PillerDecember 27, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Whiteness, Accents, and Children’s Media

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and…

Brynn QuickDecember 24, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language in Australia

Creaky Voice in Australian English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Hannah White, a Postdoc researcher at Macquarie University in the Department of Linguistics. She completed…

Brynn QuickDecember 19, 2024

Language and law Language and migration

Trust and suspicion at the airport

Screenshot of passenger being placed under suspicion on "Border Security" Anyone who has ever travelled to or from Australia will agree that the last thing you want after getting off…