"This insightful ethnography reveals the public sphere as a space of cultural negotiation and belonging that offers a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics and migration studies, and a model for reading cities as globalized texts." buff.ly/zGMuCiY

Polish to be the most effective language for prompting AI, new study reveals

"With increasing numbers of primary school pupils learning English as a foreign language, this volume is an innovative and timely addition to the fields of Second Language Pragmatics and Teaching English to Young Learners." buff.ly/tm8wCHJ

'Speaking Irish is everything' - Belfast hosts thousands for language festival

New blog post! "When we walk through a city, signs usually seem straightforward, helping us find directions, shops, or services. But in Taiwan, and particularly in Taoyuan City, signs tell a deeper story..." Read on here:

"By revealing how time itself operates as a tool of power, the book is a valuable contribution to postcolonial theory, education and the sociology of time. A recommended read for students, educators, and scholars alike." buff.ly/qtJyaU1

"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable." educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...

New blog post! "Our book was decisively translated into Spanish to address the aggressions that Indigenous youth experience, not as isolated incidents but as part of a broader, systematic problem that spans Mexico and the US..." Read on here:

"El fascinante libro de Perez y Vásquez derriba uno de los obstáculos mayúsculos que enfrentan los alumnos indígenas en las escuelas de Estados Unidos – y de México –: el haber sido despojados de su auténtica ontología." buff.ly/7GMagLi

For our European library customers, our library ebooks are now available on Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore! Find them via the following link: buff.ly/TIOMuB4

App that translates speech to sign language in real-time wins top innovation prize

Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth

This book responds to the expansion of dual language immersion programs into secondary contexts, examining the effectiveness of these programs and highlighting areas for improvement in the curriculum. buff.ly/wqvAfo7

"While more than 80% of young learners in primary school learn a foreign language and research on this learner population has been conducted for more than two decades now, pragmatics has received little attention..." Read on here:

Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages

Our brand new catalogue is now available! 📚 Browse all our exciting new and forthcoming titles here: buff.ly/XLWEvQ0

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the multilingual linguistic landscape in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, focusing on the impact of new immigrants and the diverse range of languages they speak, across urban and peripheral areas. buff.ly/zGMuCiY

"While the public celebrates the Utah high school DLI students’ advanced language abilities...a recent program evaluation report...revealed that Utah students in the Chinese DLI program significantly underperform compared to their peers in alphabetic languages."

"Teaching and Learning Third Languages" by Francesca D'Angelo is now available in paperback! Get 30% off your copy with code DELPAP on our website: buff.ly/m0c7e39

This book brings together research on second language pragmatics in the underexplored context of EFL primary classrooms. buff.ly/tm8wCHJ

Behind the Books: Willingness to Communicate, Multilingualism and Interactions in Community Contexts

"Willingness to Communicate, Multilingualism and Interactions in Community Contexts" by Alastair Henry and Peter D. MacIntyre is now available Open Access! Download the book completely free via the following link: buff.ly/09NVcck

"Early Professional Development in EFL Teaching" by Chitose Asaoka is now available in paperback! Get 30% off your copy with code DELPAP30! buff.ly/nE9MOrq

Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says

This book examines how a colonial matrix of power is established through temporality in English writing education. buff.ly/qtJyaU1

How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral

In 2023 we launched the CVP/MM Open Access Fund, which was created to fully fund at least one OA publication each year to support authors who wouldn’t otherwise be able to fund Open Access publication for their work. Read more about the fund and how you can contribute here:

International Open Access Week: Why is Open Access Important? buff.ly/tzxkYM6 #OAWeek

Este libro examina las experiencias sociales y educativas de una población creciente pero poco estudiada de jóvenes inmigrantes en EE.UU., centrándose en estudiantes multilingües que hablan una de tres lenguas indígenas: zapoteco, mixteco y p'urhépecha. buff.ly/7GMagLi

Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre

If you missed our recent online event "Pronatalism and Choosing to be Childfree" with author Sarah Benesch and filmmaker Therese Shechter, you can now watch it on our YouTube channel via the following link: buff.ly/dJ1uZ2k

Earlier in the week we announced our 2026 Open Access Fund publication.Thanks to authors' generous donations of royalties, we are delighted to be able to fund another book next year, “Including Non-Dominant Languages in Educational Policy Change”, edited by Kimmo Kosonen and Carol Benson. #oaweek

Check out our newly-published books this month! 🍂🎃 All available now on our website! buff.ly/BPVH9s0

Check out our latest Open Access titles! Download your copy now on our website: buff.ly/UCOKeOi #OAweek

In this post for International Open Access Week, you can find out about and download our latest Open Access titles. buff.ly/z8ifFMD #OAWeek

As part of our commitment to Open Access, we personally fund one OA book per year. Our choice for 2026 is “Multilingualism in Action: Insights from Multilingual Classrooms in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia” by Colin Reilly and colleagues. Read more about our OA Fund here: buff.ly/r3VxCCa #oaweek

Behind the Books: Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Higher Education

It's #OAweek! 🔓 At Multilingual Matters we offer Gold Open Access immediately on publication, meaning your research can be shared freely online with no restrictions. In addition to this, we also have our very own Open Access Fund! Find out more here: buff.ly/g39FDpD

Are High Paying English Teaching Jobs Reshaping TEFL?

Bilingualism possible in people with rare genetic condition that normally limits speech

We have recently started listing our Japan-and-Japanese-related titles on Japan Past & Present, "a global information hub and repository that promotes research and teaching in the Japanese humanities across disciplinary, temporal, and geographic borders." Browse our titles here: buff.ly/Eer5mAD

Submitting your first book proposal can be overwhelming, so we put together these 10 tips to help guide you! Read on here: buff.ly/DDoLPnS

If you liked these titles on pragmatics, you might also like "Second Language Pragmatics and Young Language Learners" edited by Gila A. Schauer, Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savić and Anders Myrset. Get your copy here: buff.ly/jkw7l26

I got an AI to impersonate me and teach me my own course – here’s what I learned about the future of education buff.ly/lXa41mf

If you liked these titles on Linguistic Landscapes, you might also like our new book "New Immigrants and Multilingual Linguistic Landscape in Taiwan" by Ching-Yu Na and Serafín M. Coronel-Molina. Get your copy now! buff.ly/agZrp0N

PRONATALISM AND CHOOSING TO BE CHILDFREE There's still time to sign up for this online event on 15 October 10am ET/3pm UK with speakers Sarah Benesch and Therese Shechter. Get your questions ready for the audience Q&A! Sign up free here: buff.ly/RgNJuyo #pronatalism #childfree

Teaching English to Young Learners – Some Tips buff.ly/d6rQZvX

Language Revitalization Boosts Indigenous Health

For our European library customers, our library ebooks are now available on Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore! Find them via the following link: buff.ly/TIOMuB4

What if we invited them in? Using learners’ languages to support English