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Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 2: Work

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 2 of our new series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is a…

Language on the MoveJune 19, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 1: Identities

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 1 of our new series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is…

Language on the MoveJune 12, 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

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Community Languages Schools Transforming Education

In Episode 16 of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh speaks with Emeritus Professor Joseph Lo Bianco about his new co-edited book, Community and Heritage Languages Schools Transforming…

Hanna TorshMay 7, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

40 years of Croatian Studies at Macquarie University

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…

Ingrid PillerApril 8, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Interpreting service provision is good value for money

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…

Ingrid PillerMarch 20, 2024

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Nowruz: Celebration of Heritage and Unity

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,…

Shiva Motaghi TabariMarch 18, 2024

Language and migration Language in Australia

How language and race mediate migrant inclusion

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,…

Donna ButoracFebruary 20, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and law

What does it mean to govern a multilingual society well?

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…

Hanna TorshJanuary 31, 2024

Next Gen Literacies

Why Australia needs Croatian Studies

Attendees at "Linguistic Inclusion Today" workshop pose for a group photo There is only one Australian university that has a program in Croatian Studies: Macquarie University. A few weeks ago,…

Ingrid PillerDecember 21, 2023

Next Gen Literacies

Auslan in Australia: Fighting for a Voice

Auslan interpreter Stephen Nicholson gained prominence in Tasmania during Covid (Image credit: The Advocate) When you think about Australia’s linguistic diversity, which languages come to mind? Based on the nation’s…

Natalie DavisDecember 13, 2023

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

News

Linguistic Inclusion Today

***This page was updated on Dec 05, 2023. Presentation abstracts are now available at the bottom of this page.*** Join us on Thursday, December 14, at Macquarie University for a…

Language on the MoveNovember 24, 2023

Language and law Next Gen Literacies

Refugee credibility assessment and the vanishing interpreter

Dr Laura Smith-Khan during her keynote at InDialog (Image credit: Dries Cavents, UGhent) Editor's Note: Asylum seekers in countries of the Global North need to communicate a credible fear of…

Laura Smith-KhanSeptember 22, 2023

Language and law Next Gen Literacies

Linguistic Inclusion in Public Health Communications

The Linguistic Justice Society has kindly recorded and uploaded my webinar from July 2023, ‘Linguistic Inclusion and Good Governance in Multilingual Australia'. The webinar draws together three studies, two with…

Alexandra GreySeptember 1, 2023

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Linguistic diversity in education: Ingrid Gogolin in interview

Professor Gogolin speaks at the International Symposium on Bilingualism Why is linguistic diversity important in creating educational equity? How is the migrant experience different across different nations? How does the…

Hanna TorshJuly 21, 2023

Life in a New Language, Part 2: Work

Life in a New Language, Part 1: Identities

Community Languages Schools Transforming Education

40 years of Croatian Studies at Macquarie University

Interpreting service provision is good value for money

Nowruz: Celebration of Heritage and Unity

What does it mean to govern a multilingual society well?

Why Australia needs Croatian Studies

How to maintain Mongolian in Australia?

Refugee credibility assessment and the vanishing interpreter

Linguistic diversity in education: Ingrid Gogolin in interview

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