Zhiwen Song
@zwsong.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate📍 University of Cincinnati.
Research interests: linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, TESOL …
Research interests: linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, TESOL …
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Zhiwen Song
@zwsong.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Beyond description: reconceptualizing the (trans)language(ing) among international students
Although there have been numerous recent translanguaging studies, less research ventured into a more critical uptake of translanguaging beyond descriptive framing. This exploratory multiple-case st...
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I am very excited to share my recent article, Beyond description: reconceptualizing the (trans)language(ing) among international students, in the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
#translanguaging #bilingualeducation #sociolinguistics #internationalstudents #TESOL #ESL
#translanguaging #bilingualeducation #sociolinguistics #internationalstudents #TESOL #ESL
Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) made from scratch
My dad shared the photo ☺️
#端午节 #dragonboatfestival #food #Culture
My dad shared the photo ☺️
#端午节 #dragonboatfestival #food #Culture
June 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) made from scratch
My dad shared the photo ☺️
#端午节 #dragonboatfestival #food #Culture
My dad shared the photo ☺️
#端午节 #dragonboatfestival #food #Culture
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Reminder: The Society for Linguistic Anthropology Conference "Imagination, Creation, Critique" is next week!
Join us!
Learn more and register here: www.2025slaconference.org
Join us!
Learn more and register here: www.2025slaconference.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reminder: The Society for Linguistic Anthropology Conference "Imagination, Creation, Critique" is next week!
Join us!
Learn more and register here: www.2025slaconference.org
Join us!
Learn more and register here: www.2025slaconference.org
I am so happy to meet with everyone at the Trans institute at penn state university this summer. Amazed by everyone’s passion for (non)linguistic research and teaching. It’s truly my privilege to be mentored by the faculty who are so dedicated, generous, and supportive to emerging scholars.不虚此行～感恩🙏
May 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I am so happy to meet with everyone at the Trans institute at penn state university this summer. Amazed by everyone’s passion for (non)linguistic research and teaching. It’s truly my privilege to be mentored by the faculty who are so dedicated, generous, and supportive to emerging scholars.不虚此行～感恩🙏
Day 3
“Accented Knowledge” “representation in citation”
“Global South”
“Accented Knowledge” “representation in citation”
“Global South”
May 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Day 3
“Accented Knowledge” “representation in citation”
“Global South”
“Accented Knowledge” “representation in citation”
“Global South”
Such a wonderful event!
May 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Such a wonderful event!
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My apparently unpopular opinion is that when we focus on the supposed grammar mistakes of those we disagree with we reinforce longstanding prescriptivist ideologies that are most heavily used to police poor people of color. It may seem cute but is actually oppressive.
apple.news/A6sySH6IGTYe...
apple.news/A6sySH6IGTYe...
US Education Secretary Dragged For Embarrassing Grammatical Errors In Letter To Harvard — Black Enterprise
As the letter went on and was made public on social media, critics jumped at the opportunity to denounce McMahon's comments.
apple.news
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My apparently unpopular opinion is that when we focus on the supposed grammar mistakes of those we disagree with we reinforce longstanding prescriptivist ideologies that are most heavily used to police poor people of color. It may seem cute but is actually oppressive.
apple.news/A6sySH6IGTYe...
apple.news/A6sySH6IGTYe...
Who (race/ethnicity, class, knowledge etc) are “standard”?
Oh, ELL are not “standard”. Why? How?
“To give you a sense of the context, we started with over 420 applicants and invited the top 7 standard and 2 ELL to campus.” —— rejection email to finalists. #raciolinguistics #languageideology
Oh, ELL are not “standard”. Why? How?
“To give you a sense of the context, we started with over 420 applicants and invited the top 7 standard and 2 ELL to campus.” —— rejection email to finalists. #raciolinguistics #languageideology
April 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Who (race/ethnicity, class, knowledge etc) are “standard”?
Oh, ELL are not “standard”. Why? How?
“To give you a sense of the context, we started with over 420 applicants and invited the top 7 standard and 2 ELL to campus.” —— rejection email to finalists. #raciolinguistics #languageideology
Oh, ELL are not “standard”. Why? How?
“To give you a sense of the context, we started with over 420 applicants and invited the top 7 standard and 2 ELL to campus.” —— rejection email to finalists. #raciolinguistics #languageideology
During the interview:
"What do your students think about you as a nonnative speaker teacher?"
"But you are not teaching English."
"International students are quiet." "... hot dishes, not cold dishes"
...
Value statement: We view multilingual students' language as an asset.
"What do your students think about you as a nonnative speaker teacher?"
"But you are not teaching English."
"International students are quiet." "... hot dishes, not cold dishes"
...
Value statement: We view multilingual students' language as an asset.
April 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
During the interview:
"What do your students think about you as a nonnative speaker teacher?"
"But you are not teaching English."
"International students are quiet." "... hot dishes, not cold dishes"
...
Value statement: We view multilingual students' language as an asset.
"What do your students think about you as a nonnative speaker teacher?"
"But you are not teaching English."
"International students are quiet." "... hot dishes, not cold dishes"
...
Value statement: We view multilingual students' language as an asset.
Day2 at aaal25. I went to an interesting, insightful, and eye-opening special session about translanguaging. I have a lot to think about.🤔
March 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Day2 at aaal25. I went to an interesting, insightful, and eye-opening special session about translanguaging. I have a lot to think about.🤔
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As co-founder of our Women's Rights Project and a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legal work left our country forever changed.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
March 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As co-founder of our Women's Rights Project and a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legal work left our country forever changed.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
Today, on what would've been her 92nd birthday, we the people honor her legacy by voicing our dissent.
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Technofascism: when AI tools can fabricate stories about people with views opposed to the official party position that cannot be fact checked since there is nobody to ask for the evidence they have to support such claims.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
Yale Scholar Banned After A.I. News Site Accuses Her of Terrorist Link
The deputy director of a liberal project at Yale Law School was put on leave over allegations that she is linked to Samidoun, a group the U.S. government has said funds terrorists.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Technofascism: when AI tools can fabricate stories about people with views opposed to the official party position that cannot be fact checked since there is nobody to ask for the evidence they have to support such claims.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
I like the Cantonese equivalent! The Mandarin equivalent is 样样通,样样松, consisting of only three characters. It functions more as a proverb and is thus used in a colloquial and informal manner. (1/2)
The phrase “Jack of all trades” is often accompanied by a second part, the longer version being “Jack of all trades, master of none.” And my favourite Cantonese equivalent is 周身刀，無張利. It means “equipped with many knives, yet none are sharp”
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I like the Cantonese equivalent! The Mandarin equivalent is 样样通,样样松, consisting of only three characters. It functions more as a proverb and is thus used in a colloquial and informal manner. (1/2)
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A bag from Salted Books in Lisbon. www.famouscampaigns.com/2025/01/this...
March 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A bag from Salted Books in Lisbon. www.famouscampaigns.com/2025/01/this...
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Lovely interview with Sabina Knight
The Power of Chinese Narrative – interview with Sabina Knight
The Power of Chinese Narrative – interview with Sabina Knight
163. The Power of Chinese Narrative – interview with Sabina Knight
When reading and translating, I've often wondered about Chinese narrative. I knew from reading with my own children how important storytelling is for credibility and engagement, even at a very young a...
chinesebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com
November 8, 2023 at 7:24 PM
Lovely interview with Sabina Knight
The Power of Chinese Narrative – interview with Sabina Knight
The Power of Chinese Narrative – interview with Sabina Knight
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We need a "rate my boss in higher ed" version of "rate my professor." So I built one! Kickstart the project with your story: https://buff.ly/4aMRayz
🪜 🎓 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
🪜 🎓 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
Academic Abuse | Data and Resources to Disrupt College Harassment, Bullying, and Misconduct
At Academic Abuse, learn to identify, prevent, and conquer academic injustice, including: power imbalances, discrimination, plagiarism, harassment, bullying, retaliation, sexual misconduct, and more.
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We need a "rate my boss in higher ed" version of "rate my professor." So I built one! Kickstart the project with your story: https://buff.ly/4aMRayz
🪜 🎓 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
🪜 🎓 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but a week ago, the CSU closed 6 departments (among them, philosophy, women's and gender studies, and economics) and fired 46 tenure-line faculty at Sonoma State. One of those faculty studies AI ethics.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
“The rollout will cover 23 campuses of the largest public university system in the United States, enabling students to access personalized tutoring and study guides through the chatbot, while the faculty will be able to use it for administrative tasks.”
OpenAI targets higher education in the U.S. with ChatGPT rollout at California State University
Microsoft -backed OpenAI said on Tuesday it will roll out an education-specific version of its chatbot to about 500,000 students and faculty at California State University as it looks to expand its user base in the academic sector and counter competition from rivals like Alphabet .
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, but a week ago, the CSU closed 6 departments (among them, philosophy, women's and gender studies, and economics) and fired 46 tenure-line faculty at Sonoma State. One of those faculty studies AI ethics.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
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Please help support our colleagues in languages at Cardiff by challenging the decision to exclude them from the category of ‘global humanities’ @ucflangs.bsky.social @artsandhums.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...
Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities
The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Please help support our colleagues in languages at Cardiff by challenging the decision to exclude them from the category of ‘global humanities’ @ucflangs.bsky.social @artsandhums.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...
I remember this article from 2020.
"Nearly a third of the 3,000 adjuncts surveyed for the report earn less than $25,000 a year. That puts them below the federal poverty guideline for a family of four. Another third of respondents make less than $50,000."
www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04...
"Nearly a third of the 3,000 adjuncts surveyed for the report earn less than $25,000 a year. That puts them below the federal poverty guideline for a family of four. Another third of respondents make less than $50,000."
www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04...
February 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I remember this article from 2020.
"Nearly a third of the 3,000 adjuncts surveyed for the report earn less than $25,000 a year. That puts them below the federal poverty guideline for a family of four. Another third of respondents make less than $50,000."
www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04...
"Nearly a third of the 3,000 adjuncts surveyed for the report earn less than $25,000 a year. That puts them below the federal poverty guideline for a family of four. Another third of respondents make less than $50,000."
www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Trump’s plan has always been to announce legally questionable executive orders that pressure people to acquiesce in the hopes that they will be left alone. It is disheartening to see how many universities are falling into this trap instead of fighting to save higher education from a fascist takeover
I'm not gonna lie, I'm floored that a university would call off a Lunar New Year event open to everyone because it might be "DEI"
MSU college abruptly cancels Lunar New Year event, citing Trump DEI orders - The State News
MSU cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting DEI and concerns from students.
statenews.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trump’s plan has always been to announce legally questionable executive orders that pressure people to acquiesce in the hopes that they will be left alone. It is disheartening to see how many universities are falling into this trap instead of fighting to save higher education from a fascist takeover
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“Language is more than grammar and vocabulary; it’s a bridge through time. Even when fractured and messy, it connects us to those who came before and to those yet to come.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My ‘Chinglish’ has a cringe-inducing ocker accent – but I’m determined to pass it on to my child | Monica Tan
As a second-generation parent, my Mandarin is more zombie than living language. But the language we pass down is more than grammar and vocabulary – it’s a bridge through time
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
“Language is more than grammar and vocabulary; it’s a bridge through time. Even when fractured and messy, it connects us to those who came before and to those yet to come.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...