I loved having this fascinating conversation with @nelsonflores.bsky.social!

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 4w ago

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @nelsonlflores.bsky.social about bilingual education in the US, and why it's not the path to reducing disadvantage it is cracked up to be languageonthemove.com/genealogy-of...

Does institutional bilingual education just reinforce racial hierarchies? Find out from @brynnquick.bsky.social’s conversation with Nelson Flores on this very interesting @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast. ⬇️

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 4w ago

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @nelsonlflores.bsky.social about bilingual education in the US, and why it's not the path to reducing disadvantage it is cracked up to be languageonthemove.com/genealogy-of...

My amazing colleague @tazinabdullah.bsky.social has a new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode out via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Islam in English? In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @tazinabdullah.bsky.social chats with Dr Oludamini Ogunnaike about Arabic loanwords, why hangover is a metaphor for paradise, and much more - enjoy! languageonthemove.com/islam-in-eng...

New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with Dr Yeong Ju Lee about her new book "Social Media and Language Learning" languageonthemove.com/learning-lan...

Learning Languages on Social Media

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Yeong Ju Lee about her new book Social Media and Language Learning: Using TikTok and Instagram.    This book e…

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And of course, when it comes to interesting studies on directive signs that attempt to influence people's behaviour, I enjoyed the podcast discussion between @brynnquick.bsky.social and @michaelchesnut.bsky.social on Michael's and his colleagues' 2022 study languageonthemove.com/multilingual...

Multilingual Commanding Urgency from Garbage to COVID-19

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Michael Chesnut, Professor in the Department of English for International Conferences and Communication at Hankuk Un…

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This is one of the best pieces I've read about what it's like to be a mother in academia. Thank you to the authors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

I got to be in the guest seat this time on the latest @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode hosted by the fabulous @empacheco.bsky.social !

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An institution has a monolingual habitus when their multilingual policies neglect to allocate the necessary language work to anyone @brynnquick.bsky.social explains in new episode of our podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social hosted by @empacheco.bsky.social languageonthemove.com/the-unimagin...

I've published a new systematic review with @languageonthemove.bsky.social about how hospital staff determine patients' language proficiency. We show that this crucial step is often not part of anyone's workflow, so patients might miss out on interpreting services. doi.org/10.29140/aja...

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New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: @htorsh.bsky.social chats with Lindsay McMahon from All Ears English how to teach English pronunciation well against the decline of native speakers and the rise of new technologies languageonthemove.com/teaching-eng...

Teaching English Pronunciation

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh talks to Lindsay McMahon, founder of the All Ears English Podcast, about pronunciation teaching for global English.  What does it…

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Super happy to see our paper (w/ @riannawalcott.bsky.social) in Journal of Sociolinguistics: "‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’ 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I can’t stop thinking about a short video of Mamdani working through a Spanish-language announcement with AOC's help. So many US Latinxs grew up having our Spanish policed. This moment treated it as expertise instead. I wrote about why that matters. educationallinguist.substack.com/p/how-a-smal...

How a Small Exchange Between Mamdani and AOC Disrupts Raciolinguistic Hierarchies and Makes Another Linguistic World Visible

In a recent video, Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are standing together as he works through a Spanish-language announcement about how caregivers can register their children for childcare.

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“X (Twitter) is just Versailles” is such an important point made by @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social. Well said, Adrian and Moira!

Do I know any fabulous linguists here who would like to have a convo with me about the use of Spanish in Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Asking for a future podcast episode 😀

After our end-of-year publishing break, Language on the Move is back with an important post about how ChatGPT can actually weaken migrant mutual aid efforts, by @schenior.bsky.social Another example where GenAI is useful in theory but damaging in reality languageonthemove.com/digital-mutu...

Digital mutual aid among migrants, in the shadow of ChatGPT

For nearly four years now, I’ve been heavily involved in online (Telegram-based) communities for Ukrainian forced migrants in Austria. Such communities sprang up all across Europe after Russia’s fu…

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So proud of our @languageonthemove.bsky.social team and our podcast! Thank you to the @auslingsoc.bsky.social Australian Linguistic Society for this meaningful award! www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...

Language on the Move Podcast wins Talkley Award 2025

Final piece of good news for the year before we head into a publishing break over January: we’ve just heard that the Language-on-the-Move Podcast has won the 2025 Talkley Award 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 Th…

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Hey book community friends, new reading challenge just dropped! ☺️ The recs span from academic (mine is "Doing Digital Migration Studies", - amazing but not quite a bedside table read 😁) all the way to fantasy novels (@brynnquick.bsky.social rec'd The Winternight Trilogy 😍😍). Something for everyone!

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge 2026 just dropped! Check it out and start reading! www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...

Policies increasingly acknowledge multilingual realities but neglect to imagine the language work that is involved and how to build it into workflows in healthcare and elsewhere, as this new article by @brynnquick.bsky.social etal shows Behind paywall until Jan & OA afterwards

Brynn Quick@brynnquick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm published!!!!!!! This is my very first academic paper that I've published! Ever! I'm so thankful to my co-authors @languageonthemove.bsky.social Ingrid Piller and @loylising.bsky.social Loy Lising <3 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm published!!!!!!! This is my very first academic paper that I've published! Ever! I'm so thankful to my co-authors @languageonthemove.bsky.social Ingrid Piller and @loylising.bsky.social Loy Lising <3 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The (un)imagined work of determining patients’ English language proficiency

This study investigates how Australian healthcare policies imagine communication between limited English proficiency (LEP) patients and healthcare providers to occur. This is done through a work as...

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New on Language-on-the-Move: fascinating longitudinal linguistic landscape study by @sarapatra.bsky.social and team, chronicling the shifts from Texan English to Qatari Arabic in a Middle Eastern university www.languageonthemove.com/from-howdy-t...

From “Howdy” to “Hayakom”: A shifting university linguascape

Sara Hillman, Aishwaryaa Kannan, and Tim Tizon ***   Walking into the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) building today feels different from just a year ago. As part of an ongoing proje…

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In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @agib.bsky.social chats with Cindy Valdez about how to best support the education of multilingual children www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...

Your languages are your superpower!

In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Cindy Valdez, an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) specialist, and Founder & CEO of Teach To Learn, a…

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Playing the game where I wear this shirt around my 84%-English-only-speaking small Australian town today.

I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳 For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast. Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)

Are you a teacher in Sydney, Australia? Can you help my student with with this research? www.languageonthemove.com/language-bro...

Language brokering in schools

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…

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Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research! swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This was a fantastic interview- really recommend a listen.

Dr Laura Smith-Khan@lawandlanguage.org · 11mo ago

@brynnquick.bsky.social has interviewed Shaun Tan for @languageonthemove.bsky.social

I am so fortunate to have been able to interview Shaun Tan about his beautiful book “The Arrival” for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. www.languageonthemove.com/migration-is...

Migration is about every human challenge

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…

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Excuse me why have I only JUST NOW heard of/started listening to @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study Podcast? What a fabulous and educational podcast! 10/10 stars, would highly recommend.

I wrote a guide on how to manage your supervisor (and yourself!) during your PhD 😀

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 12mo ago

If you find doing a PhD is daunting, the new Language-on-the-Move guide to managing your supervisor is here to help! @brynnquick.bsky.social provides a look behind the scenes of our research team www.languageonthemove.com/how-to-manag...

This is such a timely discussion!

Tazin Abdullah@tazinabdullah.bsky.social · last yr.

Are there social impacts of relying on AI for translations? Are AI translations neutral and inclusive? I discuss these and more in this very insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...

Dr. Cho is one of my favourite interviewees (and colleagues!) and her newest book is a must-read for anyone interested in the world of interpreting! @languageonthemove.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · last yr.

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @brynnquick.bsky.social speaks with Dr Jinhyun Cho about her new book @routledgebooks.bsky.social devoted to healthcare interpreting www.languageonthemove.com/multilingual...