Interesting synergy between studies showing language attrition in first-generation child migrants in their heritage language, probed in children (Paradis et al doi.org/10.1017/S030... ) vs in adults (Tomics et al doi.org/10.1075/lab.... ). Schooling in the HL is a protective effect in both cases.

Doing #bilingualism or #multilingualism research and wondering which lang background measure to use? We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals. %use wins, to us!

Language difficulties can be a hidden source of inequalities for young people facing the youth justice system. youthjusticelanguage.org is a European network funded by COST to bring this to light and inform and influence policy-making and practice. I'm grateful to be part of this important project.