Our @education.ox.ac.uk Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...

"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

"The discussions or reflections that books inspire can change lives for the better. I know because I’ve seen it." Author Nathanael Lessore believes fiction can play a big role in supporting positive attitudes to boyhood and masculinity. Here's how 👇 https://bit.ly/3JqsAug

📣 PhD studentships for UK/Home students: research interests inc. English Linguistics! At least one studentship at @mybcu.bsky.social will be dedicated to a candidate from a *Global Majority background*. Apply by 27/01/26👇🏻 www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #linguistics #BAME #PhD

Most large language models today speak only a handful of the world’s 7,000+ languages. Across Africa, researchers & technologists are tackling this imbalance head-on — collecting ethically sourced, high-quality speech data & building AI that understands African languages. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3689x8bu

The Voiced festival went out with a bang of #multilingual #poetry last night! We heard extraordinary performances in Spanish, Finnish, Galician, French, German, Scots, an endangered language from the Philippines, Dutch, English & more, before joining voices on 'The silence ends', by John Farndon 👏🏻

"Graffiti is the language of the unheard". A great project inviting marginalised groups to dialogue with the church. Canterbury Cathedral installation, from 17 Oct. (Not sure why BBC focused on a foreign politician's diatribe) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #graffiti #church #art #Canterbury

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood: "If you come to this country, you must learn our language and play your part." What if they speak Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Irish, Ulster Scots or Cornish? Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK - BBC News share.google/bYp1cjhiE40l... #lingsky

Banned books staircase created by Gary M. Herd / Kraken Studios. Newport Public Library.

In his new Welsh-language album Dim Probs, Gruff Rhys - frontman of Super Furry Animals - celebrates the beauty, humour, and resilience of his first language. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... TLDR 👇 #langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage

🗓️ 29 October 2025: Modern Poetry in Translation at 60 | Southbank Centre. Readings and reflections on poems featured in the magazine during this turbulent period in world history, alongside new poems from Gaza. share.google/P2Tn273AkPGe... #poetry #translation #Gaza #London

How great is the title of this book? My book chapter: 'Revisiting the Australian literacy wars: Authorial stance in shaping contemporary educational strategies.' Sneak peek ahead of publication. www.google.com.au/books/editio...

"the feuding families at the centre of the drama are divided in this retelling by language, with the Capulets speaking English and the Montagues Cymraeg. It means the way the lovers communicate and grow to understand each other is all the more charged." #Welsh #Cymraeg #BilingualTheatre #Langsky

For the first time in history, Cymraeg (the Welsh language) will echo through Shakespeare's Globe — in a groundbreaking bilingual production of Romeo a Juliet by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yhw22wua TLDR 👇 #langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage #Shakespeare

In the latest Child Lang. Bulletin, we introduced IASCL's Repository of Research Papers on Underrepresented Languages, a resource designed for easy access and sharing of research on the acquisition of children learning underrepresented languages. Read more here: www.childlanguage.org/underreprese...

Diminishing numbers of international students at our university courses is definitely not a good thing for HE revenue, not good for diverse skill development & not good for the richness of the experience UK universities offer to all students. Bad on all accounts except keeping the racists happy.

🗓️ Sunday 11 October (4-6 pm), discover Zulu storytelling traditions such as the kwasukasukela/chosi call and response, and beadwork poetics, in this workshop with Nomakhwezi Becker @barbicancentre.bsky.social! www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202... #poetry #Zulu #SouthAfrica #London #langsky #home

🗓️ Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages @barbicancentre.bsky.social, events exploring literature in minoritised languages & dialects, celebrating multilingual identities! (16-18 Oct, London) Book here👇🏻 www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202... #langsky #london #poetry #literature #multilingualism

🗓️ Sunday 11 October 2025 @barbicancentre.bsky.social: "explore selected texts together and contribute (your) own poems, languages or reflections" in this multilingual poetry workshop! www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202... #poetry #lingsky #langsky #multilingualism #London

Lou Sarabadzic: In the UK they exulted. Princess Charlotte is already bilingual. Aw that’s so cute but what about the cuteness of Punjabi? I asked myself. My young neighbour is trilingual and I didn’t see rushing to the area any national news agency. #NationalPoetryDay share.google/x6xX80f6omme...

The Welsh government is asking for help in Welshifying online maps datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...

A fascinating new piece in @theconversation.com Dr Mark W Post explores how linguists have traced thousands of modern words back to Proto-Indo-European (PIE) – a language spoken up to 8,000 years ago but never written down. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yhmhnaee TLDR 👇 #langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean

Lots of great recommendations to follow up here. In the picture book category, I can thoroughly endorse "Boy" and "Dancing Hands", tried and very much enjoyed by my little one! #DeafAwarenessMonth #Books #ReadingTogether #Inclusion #RepresentationMatters #EnglishBooks

🗓️ 20 Oct (free, online, 4-5 pm UK): The multilingual poetry project: children’s languages in the classroom. Lessons from an infant school on bringing #multilingualism into everyday teaching! #education #EDI #lingsky #schools #poetry #langsky #inclusion www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-multil...

Lost in translation - How Africa is trying to close the AI language gap

A jarring translation (for me) in the surtitles at the opera tonight. Tosca the "sirena" is a "temptress", rather than a siren. Why impoverish the text by eliminating all figurative language? Siren is so much more evocative! #translation #Italian #libretto #Puccini #opera

Today's language exchange: a 6y.o. girl at my son's school taught us how to say "O dabọ", which means goodbye in Yoruba. #EuropeanDayOfLanguages #Yoruba #langsky #London #multilingualism #LanguagesMatter

Happy European Day of Languages! I'll be sharing posts throughout the day to celebrate, starting with the amazing collaboration with Twinkl for #Sheffield City of #Languages. Free resources for teachers and schools, celebrating multilingualism! www.twinkl.co.uk/l/iij38 @sheffielduni.bsky.social

📚This Saturday @britishlibrary.bsky.social: festival showcasing literature from Africa, the Caribbean and the global diaspora. Inc. sessions on 'Language as Ancestry & Power', and 'How We Remember: Loss, Ritual and Language': events.bl.uk/events/words... #Langsky #BlackBritishEnglish #Patois

Re-upping this, as we've extended the submission deadline for proposals! Especially calling all linguists to also contribute to the event :-) Deadline 5 October for submissions to the conference on 12 December. But also welcome to join us for the symposium on 11 December. lifespan.unamur.be

Free monthly British Sign Language Café sessions at the University of Glasgow! 👇🏻 #BSL #Langsky #Glasgow #InternationalSignLanguageDay

This plate depicting the BSL alphabet dates from a time when sign language wasn't taught in schools and shows the importance of the Deaf community being able to express themselves. #InternationalSignLanguageDay  📸 MN0221.16 Plate, Cambridge, c1913-25 🔗 collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/575227

Great to present about Researcher wellbeing in research at the Language & Trauma workshop hosted by @jupurkarthofer.bsky.social & B. Busch today! We need cultural change to prevent, identify & address vicarious traumatisation. Skinner et al (2025) propose a useful framework👇🏻#research #ethics #trauma

Historically, the word 'nest' consists of two parts. The part 'ne-' is related to 'nether', while '-st' is related to 'sit'. The distant ancestor of 'nest' meant "place to sit down". 'Nest' is also related to Spanish 'nido' and its Romance relatives. Click my new graphic to learn more:

"trained professionals, such as police (...) are tasked with identifying potential victims of modern slavery (...). It often takes time for victims to disclose their exploitation because trauma, fear and control by traffickers run deep" share.google/1XLzgaS9qObf... #lingsky #trauma #HumanRights

Hi all! My dear friend, Rachel Kolb, just launched her book today. This is a deaf writer’s exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate—and her journey to reclaim her voice. Can’t recommend it enough!! Link is below 🤟🏼♥️ www.harpercollins.com/products/art...

Interested in #multilingualism, #literacy, & #languages? Check out The Grand Multi-Literacy event this coming weekend :) It's free, online & features talks from researchers, educators, parents, authors & more! Talks are recorded, so you can catch up after if you prefer! #langsky 💙📚 #Kidlit

The BMA stands firmly against all forms of racism and xenophobia. International doctors are central to the NHS, yet too many face discrimination and hostility. We're calling for stronger protections, inclusivity, and respect so all doctors can thrive. Read more www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

More than 7,000 children under the age of five were put on recovery programmes for acute malnutrition at clinics run by Unicef in Gaza in just two weeks last month. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true theconversation.com/young-people... via @theconversation.com #languagelearning #langsky

Looking at books together, following the baby's pace and interest, is a wonderful start to the shared reading experience. Early picture books can be discussed in any/all languages,setting the scene for children's multilingual literacy! #SlowReading #ReadingRights #multilingual #literacy #books

It’s arrived. The best theoretical text I’ve ever read on the figure and experience of the refugee. Congratulations @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social Order here for your library www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

A catchy bilingual tune by Moroccan-Egyptian artist Oualid and Algerian artist Norel: Di Mochkila. One for the multilingual playlist, @hmking-linguist.bsky.social! 🎶 youtu.be/fUJevhTZR6Y?... #Arabic #French #Multilingualism #music

Visiter l’expo annuelle de @worldpressphoto.bsky.social est toujours une expérience bouleversante. Cette année, j’ai été interpellé par cette photo qui montre Susan, une jeune femme qui enseigne le kurde dans un village syrien. Le régime interdit cette langue, mais des bénévoles résistent.

Join us to celebrate the life of David Hughes at SOAS on 14 September: share.google/nwrCY8ZsaNePes… @SOASalumn#musici#Japana#民謡#ethnomusicologyg#SOASAS

حُرِّيَّة,حُرِّيَّة! Freedom, freedom! We will demand it in all our languages! #StopGazaGenocide‌ #Arabic #London #Students #HumanRights #WeAreAllPalestinians #UK

Thousands set off on the UK national march for Palestine: we demand a ceasefire, an end to the inhuman blockade on food and humanitarian aid. Stop the genocide in Gaza! Free 🇵🇸! #StopGazaGenocide #StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #SanctionIsrael #London #ICJBreach #WeAreAllPalestinians #HumanRights

Adventures in #Swahili: My 5yo found some old coins & I squealed in delight as I deciphered "shilingi mia moja, told him it meant 100 shillings in Swahili! I also knew mwalimu & kwanza on the other face and learned that rais means president 🇹🇿 #Swahili #languages #langsky #numismatics #Tanzania

There's no noun for the work of living #GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

Poster competition - deadline 15 October! "Create a poster illustrating the 25th anniversary motto of the European Day of Languages: “Languages open hearts and minds!”. This reflects that learning languages harnesses both the emotions and the brain". edl.ecml.at/Activities/2... #langsky #EDL