Are you a Sydney-based teacher who needs to communicate with parents who do not speak English or do not speak it well? Do you sometimes have to ask students to translate for you to communicate with…

Language on the Move

07.10.2025

Event: New Technologies in Intercultural Communication – Language on the Move

You are invited to join us on Monday, December 08, at Macquarie University for a workshop to explore New Technologies in Intercultural Communication. Description: Digital technologies are in the pr…

Language on the Move

30.09.2025

Why “critical” use of AI in education might mean refusal – Language on the Move

UNESCO’s ‘Digital Learning Week’, which focused on AI and the future of education, was held earlier this month, and debates about the role of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in the classro…

Language on the Move

17.09.2025

Migration is about every human challenge – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with writer, illustrator, filmmaker and Academy Award winner Shaun Tan. Shaun is best known for illustrated books that deal w…

Language on the Move

09.09.2025

Cold Rush – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Sari Pietikainen about her new book Cold Rush (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). This book is an original study of “Cold Rush…

Language on the Move

02.09.2025

Sexual predation and English language teaching – Language on the Move

In this episode Hanna Torsh talks to Vaughan Rapatahana about sexual predation in the English language teaching industry. Dr Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Ātiawa) is an author, poet and editor who lives i…

Language on the Move

26.08.2025

Intercultural Communication – Now in the 3rd edition – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Loy Lising speaks with Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller about the 3rd edition of her best-selling textbook Intercultural Communication (…

Language on the Move

25.08.2025

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage – Language on the Move

In this podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners, p…

Language on the Move

12.08.2025

How to manage your supervisor – Language on the Move

You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you’ve climbed to the top of a rollercoaster, and you look down to see that first huge drop that’s rapidly approaching? That’s exactly what it can…

Language on the Move

03.08.2025

The Social Impact of Automating Translation – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in the Val…

Language on the Move

30.07.2025

Who’s New in Law and Language? – Language on the Move

This is the fifth and final blog in our “LLIRN About Us” series, which Laura Smith-Khan and I commenced in 2024 in celebration of 5 years of the Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Research Netwo…

Language on the Move

29.07.2025

Multilingual Practices and Monolingual Mindsets – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Jinhyun Cho. Dr. Cho has guested on this show previously, and she is a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguist…

Language on the Move

29.07.2025

LLIRN 6th Anniversary Workshop – Language on the Move

The Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Research Network (LLIRN) facilitates interdisciplinary scholars, language professionals and legal professionals around the world to connect and share their…

Language on the Move

15.07.2025

Dr Loy Lising spreads a multilingual mindset – Language on the Move

Editor’s note: The Language-on-the-Move Research Team at Macquarie University and the Literacy-in-Diversity-Settings (LiDS) Research Center at the University of Hamburg have enjoyed deep coll…

Language on the Move

10.07.2025

Humanities’ cuts pose existential threat to Australia’s capabilities – Language on the Move

The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) has released a media statement expressing deep concern over proposed cuts to the humanities and social sciences at the Australian National University …

Language on the Move

07.07.2025

Shanghai Magnolia Pujiang Talent Program Success – Language on the Move

Congratulations to Language-on-the-Move team member Dr Yixi Qiu (Isabella) for winning an award under the Shanghai Magnolia Pujiang Talent Program (上海白玉兰浦江人才计划) for her project “人工智能赋能双一流理工特色…

Language on the Move

01.07.2025

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament – Language on the Move

In parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) in 2014, parliamentarian Mr Troy Grant spoke in Wiradjuri in a speech about the North West Wiradjuri Language And Cultural Nest. The H…

Language on the Move

26.06.2025

Improving quality of care for patients with limited English – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Leah Karliner. Dr. Karliner is Professor in Residence in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of M…

Language on the Move

19.06.2025

Chinese in Qatar – Language on the Move

Is Chinese becoming a major linguistic player in Qatar? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics …

Language on the Move

16.06.2025

Children of migrant Deaf adults – Language on the Move

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 I told them, I was doing research with hearing children …

Language on the Move

12.06.2025

Accents, complex identities, and politics – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Nicole Holliday. Dr. Holliday is a sociophonetician and Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cali…

Language on the Move

05.06.2025

Is beach safety signage fit for purpose? – Language on the Move

We often take the meaning of signs for granted but that’s far from the case in a linguistically and culturally diverse society. The instruction to “Swim between the flags!”, for i…

Language on the Move

31.05.2025

Legal Corpus Linguistics – Language on the Move

This April we celebrated the 6th birthday of the Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers’ Network (LLIRN) with a fascinating research seminar about the potential for corpus linguist…

Language on the Move

28.05.2025

Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications – Language on the Move

If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence on…

Language on the Move

20.05.2025

How Judges Think About Language – Language on the Move

Judges are masters of applying the law, but how well do they truly understand the language they use? During a judgment-writing course in my law degree at the Australian National University (ANU), I…

Language on the Move

12.05.2025

Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation – Language on the Move

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Language on the Move

07.05.2025

Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025 – Language on the Move

Dear Language-on-the-Move Community, It is with immense gratitude and excitement that I write this special news item about a recent career development: I’ve been awarded an Alexander-von-Humboldt P…

Language on the Move

02.05.2025

What’s new in Language and Law in Education and Training – Language on the Move

The Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers’ Network (LLIRN) came into being in 2019, after an initial symposium involving a group of academics and students, mainly from Australian univer…

Language on the Move

28.04.2025

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers – Language on the Move

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The Case for H…

Language on the Move

22.04.2025

Researching Language and Digital Communication – Language on the Move

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Christian Ilbury about his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide, published by Routledge. The book is an introduction to research on l…

Language on the Move

14.04.2025

Gestures and Emblems – Language on the Move

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Lauren Gawne, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University and co-host of the podcast Lingthusiasm with Gretchen McCulloch. Dr. Gawne also runs the generalist linguistics webs…

Language on the Move

07.04.2025

Lingua Napoletana and language oppression – Language on the Move

Have you ever heard of Lingua Napoletana or Neapolitan, the language of Naples? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella, a Neapolitan l…

Language on the Move

03.04.2025

Learning to speak like a lawyer – Language on the Move

In her 2007 ethnographic study of eight US law schools, Elizabeth Mertz traces the process through which law students learn to “think like a lawyer” in order to become one. She shows how this proce…

Language on the Move

31.03.2025

Teaching International Students – Language on the Move

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 these students can ma…

Language on the Move

27.03.2025

Language access rights are vital – Language on the Move

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 politi…

Language on the Move

19.03.2025

English in the Crossfire of US Immigration – Language on the Move

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 …

Language on the Move

18.03.2025

Immigrant Teachers Are Reshaping English Education – Language on the Move

*** 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 En…

Language on the Move

12.03.2025

Intercultural Competence in the Digital Age – Language on the Move

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 technology an…

Language on the Move

05.03.2025

How does multilingual law-making work? – Language on the Move

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 im…

Language on the Move

28.02.2025

Making Zhuang language visible – Language on the Move

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 in the place where y…

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Language brokering in schools – Language on the Move

Event: New Technologies in Intercultural Communication – Language on the Move

Why “critical” use of AI in education might mean refusal – Language on the Move

Migration is about every human challenge – Language on the Move

Cold Rush – Language on the Move

Sexual predation and English language teaching – Language on the Move

Intercultural Communication – Now in the 3rd edition – Language on the Move

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage – Language on the Move

How to manage your supervisor – Language on the Move

The Social Impact of Automating Translation – Language on the Move

Who’s New in Law and Language? – Language on the Move

Multilingual Practices and Monolingual Mindsets – Language on the Move

LLIRN 6th Anniversary Workshop – Language on the Move

Dr Loy Lising spreads a multilingual mindset – Language on the Move

Humanities’ cuts pose existential threat to Australia’s capabilities – Language on the Move

Shanghai Magnolia Pujiang Talent Program Success – Language on the Move

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament – Language on the Move

Improving quality of care for patients with limited English – Language on the Move

Chinese in Qatar – Language on the Move

Children of migrant Deaf adults – Language on the Move

Accents, complex identities, and politics – Language on the Move

Is beach safety signage fit for purpose? – Language on the Move

Legal Corpus Linguistics – Language on the Move

Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications – Language on the Move

How Judges Think About Language – Language on the Move

Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation – Language on the Move

Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025 – Language on the Move

What’s new in Language and Law in Education and Training – Language on the Move

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers – Language on the Move

Researching Language and Digital Communication – Language on the Move

Gestures and Emblems – Language on the Move

Lingua Napoletana and language oppression – Language on the Move

Learning to speak like a lawyer – Language on the Move

Teaching International Students – Language on the Move

Language access rights are vital – Language on the Move

English in the Crossfire of US Immigration – Language on the Move

Immigrant Teachers Are Reshaping English Education – Language on the Move

Intercultural Competence in the Digital Age – Language on the Move

How does multilingual law-making work? – Language on the Move

Making Zhuang language visible – Language on the Move

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