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Why it’s important to use Indigenous languages in health …

WEBEditor’s note: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the persistent health disadvantage of Indigenous populations into focus, as well as the exclusion of Indigenous languages …

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Linguistic Inclusion in Public Health Communications

WEBThe Linguistic Justice Society has kindly recorded and uploaded my webinar from July 2023, ‘Linguistic Inclusion and Good Governance in Multilingual Australia’. The …

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Bilingualism is good for your mental health

WEBIn a multicultural society bilingualism is an essential ingredient of mental health. A recent study tracking the development of anxiety disorders and behavioural problems among …

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Linguistic diversity and public health: sociolinguistic perspectives …

WEBCall for papers for a special issue of Multilingua devoted to “Linguistic diversity and public health: sociolinguistic perspectives on COVID-19” edited by Ingrid Piller, Jie Zhang, and …

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Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis – Language on the Move

WEBHi, Ingrid. This topic is closely related to my own research project for APPL8410. Because of the linguistic diversity, many people, including international …

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The bilingual edge: why, when, and how to teach your child a …

WEBISBN 978-0-06-124656-2. One particular view of and response to globalization has centered on competitiveness. New York. educational skills, and keep investing in the secrets of …

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How to improve Australia’s public health messaging about Covid-19

WEBThe submission identifies these key problems with Australia’s official COVID-19 public health communications in LOTEs, which emerge from the study: There are barriers to …

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Fighting the coronavirus in local languages

WEBMuch of the information presented in these videos and audio recordings has been translated from other languages. Most public health information is accessed on TV, in …

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Crisis communication in multilingual Australia

WEBAustralia went into the crisis with a decidedly monolingual approach to public communication. ‘In the 1980s we were at the forefront of multicultural messaging,’ …

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COVID-19 health information campaigns in the Philippines

WEBAs part of our ongoing investigation, we are surveying the availability of and access to COVID-19 information and prevention materials disseminated on social media since the …

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Mismatched public health communication costs lives in Pakistan

WEBEnglish dominates official COVID-19 communication. English has, in fact, been the preferred language of communicating official information about COVID-19. Pakistan’s …

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Language on the Move 2020 – Language on the Move

WEBWe look forward to seeing you all in 2021 for another round of essays, events, and interactions related to linguistic diversity in social life. In 2020, Language on …

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Why Indonesian villagers don’t know how to protect themselves …

WEBEditor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year.Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series …

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COVID-19 Crisis Communication – Language on the Move

WEBLinguistic Diversity in a Time of Crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed language barriers in societies around the world. It has become obvious that the fact of linguistic …

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Bilingual children refusing to speak the home language

WEBThe research of Dr Sabine Little (Sheffield University, UK) addresses precisely such questions and asks how bilingual parents and children jointly negotiate …

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Language lessons of COVID-19 and linguistic disaster preparedness

WEBThe outbreak of COVID-19 has required the whole of China to stand together against the epidemic with the mobilisation of national resources to assist Hubei, …

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Language challenges of Covid-19 are a pressing issue

WEBIn mid-March, we issued a call for papers for a special issue of the international sociolinguistics journal Multilingua devoted to “Linguistic diversity and …

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Signs of the times: Small media during Covid-19 in Mexico City

WEBSusana Distancia (“Susan Distance” or “Your healthy distance”) Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, impromptu signs are showing up everywhere in my …

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The sociolinguistics of nail care – Language on the Move

WEBIn the USA, for instance, less than 1% of the population are Vietnamese but 80% of nail technicians in California and 43% nationwide are Vietnamese. No surprise …

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Does every Australian have an equal chance to know about Covid …

WEBIn a crisis where the actions of each and every one of us have a huge impact on the overall course of the pandemic, this is a very large number.. Attention to inclusive …

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