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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 5h

"[This book] breaks new ground as one of the few monographs to investigate the implementation of English education policy at the elementary school level in Japan." buff.ly/5QtmXlr

Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 5h

“As I got to know these students across the years, I became interested in what type of learning experiences and environments they had encountered in the Philippines to support the formation of their learner identities as responsive, high-achieving students…”

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What is the Impact of School Culture on Learner Success?

We recently published Constructing, Reconstructing and Reclaiming Learner Identities by Ellen Preston Motohashi. In this post the author explains what motivated her research and the implications it…

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 23h

Translation, Interpreting and Social Justice in a Globalised World is a series addressing the topics of translation and interpreting in settings of diversity, globalisation, migration and asylum.

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 2d

"This book has an inspiring and promising message for everyone involved in communicatively complex encounters like interpreter-mediated asylum interviews." buff.ly/rHHbKNL

Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 3d

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big global player unless we speak more languages

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer

For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 3d

This book represents a critical intervention in the development of decolonial theories and methodologies, and will be of interest to scholars, students and activists within and outside of academia. buff.ly/iI6jPBG

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 3d

'maternal instinct', 'biological clock', 'having it all'...

Sign up for our free online event with author Sarah Benesch and filmmaker Therese Shechter, in which they discuss one of our greatest social taboos: choosing not to become a mother.

Includes audience Q&A!

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 5d

"Highlighting the human side of their journeys, these narratives offer unique insights and profound reflections that push the field of applied linguistics in new and important directions." buff.ly/pR7KZm4

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 5d

"Contextually situated and empirically grounded, this book sheds a much-needed light on the schooling experiences of 1.5-generation Filipino and Filipino-Japanese youth in Japan." buff.ly/qCrFSmg

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 7d

New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning

New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning - HEPI

A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, The Languages Crisis: Arresting decline by Megan Bowler (HEPI Report 192), sponsored by Duolingo, shows a big drop in formal language…

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 7d

"This book is recommended reading for anyone wondering about research into assessment and testing in EMI. The chapters offer valuable insights into a whole range of issues such as formative and summative assessment, online testing and AI use in EMI. Well worth reading." buff.ly/Yh9X9zv

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 8d

"Japan provides a striking case study because of its centralized education system and its often-ambivalent relationship with English. Yet the questions raised – about teacher preparedness, ideological tensions and the realities of policy implementation – extend well beyond Japan..."

Navigating Competing Ideologies in Japan’s Primary Schools

This month we published Navigating English Policy and Practice in Japan’s Primary Schools by Peter Ferguson. In this post the author explains what inspired him to write the book and why Japan makes…

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 8d

Bilingual Brains, Better Outcomes?: The Benefits of Multilingual Upbringing

Bilingualism shapes minds, identities, and relationships. Research shows it’s more than a “brain boost”—it’s about connection and resilience.

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 9d

📢 FREE ONLINE EVENT! 📢

Pronatalism and Choosing to be Childfree

⭐ 15 October, 10am ET/3pm UK
⭐ Sarah Benesch, author of "Pronatalism"
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 9d

"Employing multiple case study methods, Ferguson colorfully illustrates and critically examines how social structure, power and ideologies shape policy implementation, focusing on English education in Japanese elementary schools." buff.ly/5QtmXlr

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 10d

Lost in translation - How Africa is trying to close the AI language gap

AI in Africa: Experts aim to close the language gap

A new dataset with African languages should improve access to AI for millions on the continent.

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 11d

Language hubs showed ‘signs of positive impacts’ before being cut

Language hubs showed 'positive impacts' before being cut

DfE plans to replace hubs scheme with online platform and 14 strategic learning networks

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 11d

"Through an innovative application of dialogism, Mizori illuminates the often-overlooked complexities of interpreter-mediated encounters, offering profound insights that challenge conventional practices and advocate for more just and effective asylum procedures." buff.ly/rHHbKNL

Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 12d

The Encounters series sets out to explore diversity in language from a theoretical and an applied perspective.

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 12d

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 12d

"We needed a book like this. The writing is stunning, the ideas transformative. Intensely personal and disarmingly honest, it will make you feel and think deeply. A must-read, it sets a new standard in autoethnographic research in applied linguistics." buff.ly/pR7KZm4

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 13d

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Sophia Minnillo @sophiaminnillo.bsky.social · 13d

Looking forward to reading the whole book soon! Radical Inclusivity: Critical Language Awareness in the Language and Writing Classroom from @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social Check out my chapter “Toward Radical Inclusivity in First Year Composition” 😊

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 13d

Behind the Books with J. César Félix-Brasdefer speaking about his book "The Pragmatics of Intercultural Communicative Competence"

Behind the Books: The Pragmatics of Intercultural Communicative Competence

J. César Félix-Brasdefer talks about his book The Pragmatics of Intercultural Communicative Competence. The book is available on our website:…

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 14d

"At a dark time in our history, this volume offers a rare lifeline. Speaking from places long marginal to the centers of planetary power, the authors in conversation here grapple with the contradictions so disfiguring civilization and society in the Global North." buff.ly/iI6jPBG

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