Who's headed for the International Association of Applied Linguistics Conference #aila2024 in Kuala Lumpur next week? Catch up with Hanna Torsh Agi Bodis @agib.bsky.social Ana Sofia Bruzon Yixi Qiu(Isabella Chiu) and other Language on the Move team members! aila2024.com

Language enrolments (nearly all of them) are collapsing across the country as institutions play w AI & general competency substitutes. It's dismal and must be opposed strenuously. Meanwhile support every green shoot: ANU hiring in Burmese, deadline 2 Sept. Promote.

Check out our recent MQ report on 'Translation and Interpreting technologies and their impact on the industry'. Commissioned by NAATI, it provides information on what is 'out there' and offer some perspectives on how to engage with T&I technologies. researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publication…

To find new efficiences in response to the loss of revenue due to new international student caps, I'm proposing to right-size our vice-chancellor team, by creating two new roles: a "vice-cha" (0.6 FTE) & a "ncellor" (casual).

White Australian immigrant here. Can confirm that I have experienced NO issues linked to my immigrant status. BBC Breakfast

After giving a talk at a conference recently, I received an email from an unfamiliar senior professor in the audience remarking that my “look has extremely improved over the years” from “nerdy lab mouse” to “a touch of upper class.” 1/4

Some good news for early childhood educators and families in Australia. Albanese government to fund 15% pay rise for childcare workforce, with a condition theconversation.com/albanese-gover… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Thanks to #AILA2024 a sizable continent of the Language-on-the-Move sisterhood hit a night on the town in Kuala Lumpur 🥰

#AILA2024 Day 3 report is out now

I am pleased to present some of my findings on Family language policy in #AILA2024. And good to meet some new friends Hanna Torsh

Now AILA 2024 Hanna Torsh from Language on the Move speaks about 'How gender roles and monolingualism work against parents trying to raise bilingual children' and rightly argues that parents must decide 'between privileged monolingualism or stigmatised bilingualism'

Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The University of Queensland: - Full-time, fixed-term position through to 30th June 2028 - Base salary will be in the range AUD$110,365 - $130,765 + 17% superannuation (Academic Level B) - Based… dlvr.it/TBybTN

How do transnational families care across borders? Lynnette Arnold UMass Anthropology Department and Hanna Torsh discuss in this new episode of the Language on the Move Podcast New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) languageonthemove.com/living-togethe…

The HSC subjects being abandoned, and the courses that are skyrocketing smh.com.au/national/nsw/t… Australia needs to recognise the major benefits of learning another language and make adjustments to encourage students to study them.

Support court interpreters. megaphone.org.au/petitions/inte… via Megaphone Australia

Legally not a cookie? Just when you thought the type of English Australians speak doesn't matter.... couriermail.com.au/entertainment/… via The Courier-Mail

Excellent piece! Against AI in ELICOS lukestransmissions.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/aga… Louisa Smith Language on the Move

New on Language-on-the-Move: Laura Smith-Khan (new acc) lauraskh.bsky.social explains how trust and suspicion of international travelers are constructed in the reality TV show "Border Security" languageonthemove.com/trust-and-susp…

Who is to be trusted at the border? And does it matter what they look like? Turns out it does. Read about the latest article by Laura Smith-Khan (new acc) lauraskh.bsky.social, Inrgid Piller Language on the Move and I here languageonthemove.com/trust-and-susp…

A judge dismisses class-action brought by 1,400 Australian women who suffered crippling pain and major medical problems from a #Bayer device, claiming 'it is normal for women to experience pelvic pain'. Bayer paid $2.5 billion to US women. theage.com.au/national/austr…