Tazin Abdullah
@tazinabdullah.bsky.social
PhD Candidate - Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Sociolinguistics | Linguistic Landscape | Intercultual Communication
Writer and podcast host on www.languageonthemove.com
Writer and podcast host on www.languageonthemove.com
“Multilingual learners do not need us to fix their English…but they need us to design learning where their full linguistic repertoires are seen as an asset.”
Insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast [email protected] speaks with Cindy Valdez!
www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...
Insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast [email protected] speaks with Cindy Valdez!
www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...
Your languages are your superpower!
In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Cindy Valdez, an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) specialist, and Founder & CEO of Teach To Learn, a…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“Multilingual learners do not need us to fix their English…but they need us to design learning where their full linguistic repertoires are seen as an asset.”
Insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast [email protected] speaks with Cindy Valdez!
www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...
Insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast [email protected] speaks with Cindy Valdez!
www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...
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I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
Please participate in this short survey about innovative grammar in Australian English!
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.
It will involve an anonymous online questionnaire that will take approximately 5-15 minutes to complete.
Acceptability and use of grammatical innovation in Australian English
limesurvey.mq.edu.au
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Please participate in this short survey about innovative grammar in Australian English!
@brynnquick.bsky.social gives us an EXCELLENT guide to managing your supervisor on Language on the Move, together with my favourite photo of the PhD Mum life! ⬇️
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How to manage your supervisor
You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you’ve climbed to the top of a rollercoaster, and you look down to see that first huge drop that’s rapidly approaching? That’s exactly what it can…
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August 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@brynnquick.bsky.social gives us an EXCELLENT guide to managing your supervisor on Language on the Move, together with my favourite photo of the PhD Mum life! ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/how-to-manag...
www.languageonthemove.com/how-to-manag...
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OH I was just discussing this with a student and a work colleague the other day and said I would look into the research (which I hadn't yet done). The timing could not be more perfect.
Are there social impacts of relying on AI for translations? Are AI translations neutral and inclusive? I discuss these and more in this very insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
The Social Impact of Automating Translation
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in Catalun…
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August 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
OH I was just discussing this with a student and a work colleague the other day and said I would look into the research (which I hadn't yet done). The timing could not be more perfect.
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Just out on the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: instead of asking how to improve machine translation, we need to ask who are these improvements for ... @tazinabdullah.bsky.social in conversation with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
The Social Impact of Automating Translation
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in Catalun…
www.languageonthemove.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just out on the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: instead of asking how to improve machine translation, we need to ask who are these improvements for ... @tazinabdullah.bsky.social in conversation with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
Are there social impacts of relying on AI for translations? Are AI translations neutral and inclusive? I discuss these and more in this very insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
The Social Impact of Automating Translation
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in Catalun…
www.languageonthemove.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Are there social impacts of relying on AI for translations? Are AI translations neutral and inclusive? I discuss these and more in this very insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-social-i...
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Learn about Chinese in Qatar's multilingual landscape in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, where @tazinabdullah.bsky.social chats with @sarapatra.bsky.social
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www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
Chinese in Qatar
Is Chinese becoming a major linguistic player in Qatar? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics …
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June 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Learn about Chinese in Qatar's multilingual landscape in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, where @tazinabdullah.bsky.social chats with @sarapatra.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
Do you know about the rising visibility of Chinese in Qatar? Listen to the very interesting aspects of @sarapetra.bsky.social
research into the languages of Qatar in our @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
research into the languages of Qatar in our @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
Chinese in Qatar
Is Chinese becoming a major linguistic player in Qatar? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics …
www.languageonthemove.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Do you know about the rising visibility of Chinese in Qatar? Listen to the very interesting aspects of @sarapetra.bsky.social
research into the languages of Qatar in our @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
research into the languages of Qatar in our @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
@empacheco.bsky.social's research on how children of migrant deaf adults navigate their multilingual worlds is so fascinating, even my teenagers wanted to hear about it!
Read about this in Emily's @languageonthemove.bsky.social blog post:
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
Read about this in Emily's @languageonthemove.bsky.social blog post:
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
Children of migrant Deaf adults
During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When I told them, I was doing research with hearing children …
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June 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@empacheco.bsky.social's research on how children of migrant deaf adults navigate their multilingual worlds is so fascinating, even my teenagers wanted to hear about it!
Read about this in Emily's @languageonthemove.bsky.social blog post:
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
Read about this in Emily's @languageonthemove.bsky.social blog post:
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
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There’s so much bad in the world right now, but here’s a chance to do some GOOD! If you are based in Australia and proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help my dear friend @tazinabdullah.bsky.social with her important research! www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications
If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence on…
www.languageonthemove.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There’s so much bad in the world right now, but here’s a chance to do some GOOD! If you are based in Australia and proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help my dear friend @tazinabdullah.bsky.social with her important research! www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
Kamala Harris' linguistic identity? Listen to this very engaging @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast, where @brynnquick.bsky.social talks to Dr. Nicole Holliday about the complex interactions between accents, identities, and politics.
www.languageonthemove.com/accents-comp...
www.languageonthemove.com/accents-comp...
Accents, complex identities, and politics
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Nicole Holliday. Dr. Holliday is a sociophonetician and Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cali…
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June 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Kamala Harris' linguistic identity? Listen to this very engaging @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast, where @brynnquick.bsky.social talks to Dr. Nicole Holliday about the complex interactions between accents, identities, and politics.
www.languageonthemove.com/accents-comp...
www.languageonthemove.com/accents-comp...
Talk about research with real-life impact! @agib.bsky.social talks to Dr. Masaki Shibata in this @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast about beach safety signage - do they serve our multilingual communities? ⬇️
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Is beach safety signage fit for purpose?
We often take the meaning of signs for granted but that’s far from the case in a linguistically and culturally diverse society. The instruction to “Swim between the flags!”, for i…
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June 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Talk about research with real-life impact! @agib.bsky.social talks to Dr. Masaki Shibata in this @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast about beach safety signage - do they serve our multilingual communities? ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/is-beach-saf...
www.languageonthemove.com/is-beach-saf...
Do you speak a language other than English and live in Australia?
PLEASE HELP me improve multilingual domestic violence support information by participating in my study and promoting it!
30-minute survey + $10 voucher for your participation.
www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
PLEASE HELP me improve multilingual domestic violence support information by participating in my study and promoting it!
30-minute survey + $10 voucher for your participation.
www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications
If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence on…
www.languageonthemove.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Do you speak a language other than English and live in Australia?
PLEASE HELP me improve multilingual domestic violence support information by participating in my study and promoting it!
30-minute survey + $10 voucher for your participation.
www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
PLEASE HELP me improve multilingual domestic violence support information by participating in my study and promoting it!
30-minute survey + $10 voucher for your participation.
www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
Listen to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller's inspiring words about using the resources researchers are given to "pay it forward" as she accepts her 2025 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship Award on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social post. ⬇️
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www.languageonthemove.com/alexander-vo...
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025
Dear Language-on-the-Move Community, It is with immense gratitude and excitement that I write this special news item about a recent career development: I’ve been awarded an Alexander-von-Humboldt P…
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May 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Listen to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller's inspiring words about using the resources researchers are given to "pay it forward" as she accepts her 2025 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship Award on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social post. ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/alexander-vo...
www.languageonthemove.com/alexander-vo...
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Fantastic. Can't wait to get a copy. "The chapters showcase the advocacy, activism, and allyship for First Nations languages and language learners undertaken by educators, education systems, and researchers in Australia."
www.routledge.com/Celebrating-...
www.routledge.com/Celebrating-...
Celebrating First Nations Languages and Language Learning in Australian Schools: Stories Across Generations of Language Activism, Advocacy and Allyship
This book introduces key underlying principles for teaching First Nations languages and language learners in schools across a range of contexts. It takes a comprehensive approach covering traditional ...
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May 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fantastic. Can't wait to get a copy. "The chapters showcase the advocacy, activism, and allyship for First Nations languages and language learners undertaken by educators, education systems, and researchers in Australia."
www.routledge.com/Celebrating-...
www.routledge.com/Celebrating-...
What an informative @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast by @empacheco.bsky.social about better ways to work with atypical language users! ⬇️
New on the Language on the Move @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: why its important to find better ways to work with atypical language users and to train interpreters to work with atypical language users
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The Case for H…
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April 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What an informative @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast by @empacheco.bsky.social about better ways to work with atypical language users! ⬇️
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One of the most influential voices in applied #linguistics: Ingrid Piller will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin on 5 May! ✨
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
April 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
One of the most influential voices in applied #linguistics: Ingrid Piller will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin on 5 May! ✨
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
As a student, I remember this book being so accessible and enjoyable to read. And then, getting the chance to teach from it has been just as much fun. Looking forward to the latest edition! ☺️
@languageonthemove.bsky.social
@languageonthemove.bsky.social
It’s here! 🤩 The 3rd edition of Intercultural Communication @edinburghup.bsky.social is out - thoroughly revised and updated and with a new chapter on intercultural communication in healthcare
April 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
As a student, I remember this book being so accessible and enjoyable to read. And then, getting the chance to teach from it has been just as much fun. Looking forward to the latest edition! ☺️
@languageonthemove.bsky.social
@languageonthemove.bsky.social
Did you know about the Neapolitan language? I didn’t, until I spoke to my wonderful guest @mcanzanella.bsky.social about language activism and preserving the Neapolitan language against all odds on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast! ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
Lingua Napoletana and language oppression
Have you ever heard of Lingua Napoletana or Neapolitan, the language of Naples? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella, a Neapolitan l…
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April 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Did you know about the Neapolitan language? I didn’t, until I spoke to my wonderful guest @mcanzanella.bsky.social about language activism and preserving the Neapolitan language against all odds on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast! ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
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In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @tazinabdullah.bsky.social speaks with @mcanzanella.bsky.social about language oppression, activism, and Lingua Napoletana
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
Lingua Napoletana and language oppression
Have you ever heard of Lingua Napoletana or Neapolitan, the language of Naples? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella, a Neapolitan l…
www.languageonthemove.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @tazinabdullah.bsky.social speaks with @mcanzanella.bsky.social about language oppression, activism, and Lingua Napoletana
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
www.languageonthemove.com/lingua-napol...
A timely and relevant new podcast by @brynnquick.bsky.social with Dr. Amy McHugh on @languageonthemove.bsky.social about intercultural competence in the digital space. ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/intercultura...
www.languageonthemove.com/intercultura...
Intercultural Competence in the Digital Age
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Amy McHugh, an Academic Facilitator at the National Centre for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney. Dr McHugh’s research focuses on the roles of technology an…
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March 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A timely and relevant new podcast by @brynnquick.bsky.social with Dr. Amy McHugh on @languageonthemove.bsky.social about intercultural competence in the digital space. ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/intercultura...
www.languageonthemove.com/intercultura...
How do linguistics and law intersect? Find out in this really engaging @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast from Alexandra Grey, where she interviews Karen McAuliffe about multilingual law-making in Europe.
www.languageonthemove.com/how-does-mul...
www.languageonthemove.com/how-does-mul...
How does multilingual law-making work?
In this podcast interview, Alexandra Grey explores multilingual law-making with Karen McAuliffe, a Professor of Law and Language at Birmingham Law School in the UK. The conversation is about the im…
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March 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
How do linguistics and law intersect? Find out in this really engaging @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast from Alexandra Grey, where she interviews Karen McAuliffe about multilingual law-making in Europe.
www.languageonthemove.com/how-does-mul...
www.languageonthemove.com/how-does-mul...
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Ramadan Mubarak to all observing it! 🌙🌟🤲
Check put my article from last year at @languageonthemove.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/happy-ramada...
Check put my article from last year at @languageonthemove.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/happy-ramada...
Happy Ramadan from London
Ramadan in London is exceptional in many ways. As the centre of a former Empire which still exerts a global pull on its former subjects and their descendants, London has been at the heart of a wave…
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February 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ramadan Mubarak to all observing it! 🌙🌟🤲
Check put my article from last year at @languageonthemove.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/happy-ramada...
Check put my article from last year at @languageonthemove.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/happy-ramada...
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If you would like to review "Life in a New Language" @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, it's available for review on the @linguistlist.bsky.social 😁
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
March 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you would like to review "Life in a New Language" @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, it's available for review on the @linguistlist.bsky.social 😁
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/