Pioneering Australian sociolinguist Barbara Horvath recently passed away. To honor her memory, we've published an oral history interview Barbara did with Livia Gerber in 2017 for the 50th anniversary of Australian Linguistic Society about the heady 70s in Sydney linguistics languageonthemove.com/remembering-ba…

The winners of the 2024 Teacher Awards have been announced! It’s an impressive list that spans across 4 states, celebrating the teachers, leaders, and members of the wider education community who are making a difference to students. #TeacherAwards24 teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles…

The Narragunnawali online platform is FREE to access and provides practical ways to introduce meaningful reconciliation initiatives in the classroom, around the school and with the community: narragunnawali.org.au/about #Reconciliation #Narragunnawali

🚀Education at a Glance 2024 is out today! 🚀 This is the definitive guide to the state of education around the world. See what the findings reveal on education attainment, enrolment and finance. How is education in your country? 👉 oe.cd/5Gy

Alaska adds Cup’ig, Wetał (Ts’etsa’ut), Benhti Kokhwt’ana Kenaga and Sahcheeg xut’een xneege’ (Middle Tanana) languages to the state official languages. There are 23 official languages in Alaska. ow.ly/RScc50TlBy3

Strong leadership maximises the impact of teaching and learning. The “Leading for impact” guidelines are designed to help you support and develop emerging leaders in your school. Check them out here: bit.ly/4cLUOIB

“…findings underscore the need for educational policies that harness linguistic diversity to foster academic equity and success… crucial role of language experience and socioeconomic factors in shaping educational outcomes..”. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dual language programs, rooted in the concept of valuing immigrant families’ home languages in academic settings, can help create inclusive learning environments for all students. There are also some academic perks to such investments. ow.ly/NqAb50TmmGx

Anniversary of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, Australia endorsed 2009: “a framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world.” lnkd.in/gZsQQwya humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/…

Planning for Term 4? You can find more resources on Scootle when you log in. Accounts are free for Australian educators with a .edu.au email address. Log in or sign up now: ow.ly/SCOH50TmEBs

There are currently just 12 public school districts with Indigenous language programs. Those are in Western New York, Onondaga County, the North Country and on Long Island. ow.ly/xtTH50TlBzY

“Youth who migrated to cities… are now speaking either a different Torwali dialect with many borrowed words from the dominant languages – Punjabi, Pashto, and Urdu – or cannot speak it at all.” #Pakistan #Endangeredlanguages #Torwali Terry Lamb dialogue.earth/en/climate/cli…

There's still time to submit proposals to the Bilingualism Matters Symposium 2025! The deadline has been extended until 30 September 2024: see details at bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingu… Bilingualism Matters

The Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre (LMERC) is a DE, specialised library for teachers in the areas of EAL, Languages . The collection includes over 27,000 items. Online catalogue lmerc.softlinkhosting.com.au/oliver/home/ne…

Recorded webinars now on our website: - Ideas that work - strengthening your VCE course presented by Sean Pratt and Marco Lacivita - Transforming teaching with AI - using ChatGPT and other educational AI tools presented by Maria Sabo mltav.asn.au/recorded_webin…

Our new Language and Law series continues with this new post on Language on the Move with this overview of what's new in research on multilingualism in court languageonthemove.com/whats-new-in-r…

New on Language on the Move: meet members of the "Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Research Network" working on multilingualism before the courts, by Laura Smith-Khan (new acc) lauraskh.bsky.social and Alex Grey languageonthemove.com/whats-new-in-r…

If you are in Sydney on Nov 28 you really should get to this. Emerita Prof Alison Lewis presenting the 2024 Triebel Lecture: “Secret police files as life writing, or how the Stasi made writers into 'enemies of the state'. Register: bit.ly/3XNP1xX

FREE webinar Wednesday 18 September, 3:45-4:45 Unlocking spontaneous speaking A strategic approach for language learners Presenter Janet Schneider mltav.asn.au/learn/#!event/…

New! Workshop for Languages teachers in Gippsland: Effectively Engaging Languages Learners Wednesday 30 October - in Moe Register now: mltav.asn.au/learn/#!event/…