Ever wondered how simultaneous interpreters do such an amazing job and what goes on in their brains as they listen in one language and speak in another? New post on Language-on-the-Move has the answer 😃 languageonthemove.com/the-cost-of-...

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...

New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: why and how older adults in Berlin learn English languageonthemove.com/older-adults...

"Language education is never neutral...that truth is written into every lesson.. because a group ..refused to accept their language had no place in schools & built that place themselves, against a policy landscape that hadn't foreseen them" @martinderince.bsky.social @languageonthemove.bsky.social

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 !

New on Language-on-the-Move: @zabanwala.bsky.social and colleagues explain how arabi mukassar (‘broken Arabic’) is changing from an object of mockery to a marketing tool languageonthemove.com/broken-arabi...

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...

The National Advocates for Arts Education has secured an official e-petition to Commonwealth Parliament on arts education. Sign the petition: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... Deadline is 1 April Please share with your network before we lose Arts education in Australia entirely.

Also, because I've had the.. pleasure... of going through Australian borders a couple of times recently, let's re-up this one from a great project with Ingrid Piller (@languageonthemove.bsky.social) and @htorsh.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/laur... On the Border Security tv show 📸from recent travels

New publication alert! Out article 'Big Impact or No Advantage? Raciolinguistic Framings in Australian Media Coverage of Young People's Multilingualism' is now available in early online view in the Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social 🧵

My new entry in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics might interest you. Please reach out if you'd like a copy and don't have institutional access. Feminist Approaches in Applied Linguistics Research - Torsh - Major Reference Works - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

So pleased for colleagues at UTS that their hard fought battle has paid off and these programs will continue. We need teachers and languages! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

new paper out! in which we describe the huge amount of work it took to develop the corpus of the Australian mixed language Gurindji Kriol, and how this enabled novel quantitative research. one for the data-heads 🤓

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

And a reminder that in 2024 jewelley stolen in similar historical policies was returned to families because it was wrong www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

#CSIRO says 350 research positions would go at the organisation. That's on top of more than 800 jobs cut over the past 18 months. The union reax "Worse than Abbott", describing cuts as more devastating than those inflicted by the former Coalition government. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

A highlight of the 2025 AALA conference was the ECR catch up where I got the best reaction ever to introducing myself, from the amazing Dr Soyeon Kim at Deakin and Monash. Lovely to meet everyone! #AppLing

Your/our languages are your/our superpowers! The new podcast from the @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Her research is on insect pollinators in farming. I doubt these drymouths have ever given a single thought to where their food comes from, as their poor mums probably keep them fed

The world isn't just a container for languages, it is a political field, animated by structures and systems that drive the fate of languages and the people who use them. Nationalism, colonialism, racism and capitalism are four key structures in today's world system.

Great first day of the ALAA (Australian Association of Applied Linuguistics) conference here in at CDU in Darwin, Northern Terrtitory. The conference theme is: Language and the interface of mono-/multi-/translingual mindsets. The Macquarie Linguistics crew is ready! @languageonthemove.bsky.social

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

“I just want people to know that AI is being sold as this tech magic – that’s why there’s a little sparkle symbol next to an AI response,” said Sawyer. “But it’s not. It’s built on the backs of overworked, underpaid human beings.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.

I was explaining a treatment plan to a patient, and their partner told me to talk slowly because they were typing what I was saying into chatgpt to "verify" there wasn't a better alternative. In case you are wondering the stage of mess we are in with LLMs. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Great to see the ABC exploring this issue! @louisawilloughby.bsky.social

Participants needed for research on innovative grammar in Australian English. It will involve an anonymous online questionnaire that will take approximately 5-15 minutes to complete.

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

I just listened to this remarkable episode of the podcast on machine translation and an ethics of care, from my colleague @tazinabdullah.bsky.social with the inspirational Dr Esther Monzó-Nebot. A broad-ranging and poetic discussion with a rousing call to reminagine the research in this space.

@htorsh.bsky.social and I are working on a project examining exactly these raciolinguistic, monoglossic ideologies in Australian media coverage. Every day we find new examples! Read the comment section if you dare 😅 www.facebook.com/share/19Amis... 3/3

How are parents using digital technologies to pass on languages? And does this change who does the work? Read my latest article on this topics here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In this episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh speaks with Dr Prashneel Ravisan Goundar, an academic based in the Graduate Research School at the University of New England, Armidale. www.languageonthemove.com/educational-... @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Our second article then goes on to explore how this foundation connects with suspicion at the border, and encourages bordering and suspicion in everyday life onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Seems timely to reshare this..

Our 2024 chapter "The monolingual habitus of the multilingual school as a barrier to educational equity" builds on it, with @htorsh.bsky.social & @agib.bsky.social www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

School funds delayed are funds denied www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d... He said: “Right now weapons are more needed, but in the long term it is the language that is crucial for Ukraine.”

“Ideally, AI would be helpful. But what’s happening is that companies are using it to justify adding more tasks.”

I loved recording this @languageonthemove.bsky.social episode with Dr. Jinhyun Cho about English ideologies in Korea. We discuss how ways of speaking English in Korea index different class positions and how English has become part of female beauty standards! www.languageonthemove.com/english-ideo...

Even more evidence that Labor has never been the party of refugees and asylum seekers. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883083...

Insightful piece on Ai in education from my colleague Sue Ollerhead at Macquarie Univerisity. aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

New on Language-on-the-Move: Dr Pia Tenedero, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, shares her reflections on the Next Generation Literacies Network Conference at Hamburg University www.languageonthemove.com/a-water-pers...

Heute folgt ein Kurzpodcast, es ist ein Eindruck von der Sektionstagung Erwachsenenbildung mit Prof. Dr. Carola Iller: www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/einrichtunge... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3oytGVV... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/l...   #EB #EWB #LebenslangesLernen #AdultEducation

“When we started out in the 1990s, there were 3 journals focusing on bilingualism…Since then, our own field, just like other fields, has experienced a tremendous growth. And the growth came with many positives but also with many negatives such as the fragmentation of the field.”

New on Language-on-the-Move: Why international academic collaboration matters - and is so much fun. Ingrid Piller reflects on the legacies of the Next Generation Literacies network - Uni Hamburg, Macquarie Uni, Fudan Uni + many others www.languageonthemove.com/legacies-of-...