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Reposted by: Alice Chik

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Last call: keynote talk by A/P Chloe Diskin-Holdaway '#Language Acquisition and #Identity among #Migrants in #Australia' 7 Dec 9 – 10 AEDT
@CLaSMQ @MQLinguistics
#multilingualism #free #registration @MQEducation

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Invitation: keynote talk by A/P Qing Ma 'Charting #ChatGPT #Literacy in #Language #Education: A Global Perspective and Holistic Approach' 7 Dec 11:50 – 12:50 AEDT
@CLaSMQ @MQLinguistics
#multilingualism #free #registration
@MQEducation #EdUHK
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Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive
Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive
Hadi Nazari, 23, has been found after going missing two weeks ago in Kosciuszko national park * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A 23-year-old hiker who has been…
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Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85
Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85
The American essayist, playwrightauthor of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man, has died
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by Alice Chik

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Incredibly sad to learn this, spent my teen reading many of his work 🥲
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 4
Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85
Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85
The American essayist, playwrightauthor of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man, has died
www.theguardian.com
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“He also dropped English as the primary language for his literature and vowed to only write in his mother tongue, Kikuyu.
He published his last English language novel, Petals of Blood, in 1977.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature - dies aged 87
The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.
www.bbc.co.uk
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by Alice Chik

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Joey Chung & I are thrilled to learn that our #Trove
@TroveAustralia #Australian children's #picturebooks translated into #Chinese was the most viewed #Trove list (Jul - Dec 2024)! 🦾 #community #demand for #multicultural translation @tonyburkemp.bsky.social‬

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Trove
Australia’s free online research portal. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.
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by Alice Chik

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Almost time! #NationalSimultaneousStorytime #ALIA #TheTruckCat is a wonderful #picturebook!
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Putting this plant on my balcony to remind myself that upside under is real #strangerthings
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This weekend I had the pleasure of having a long chat w a neighbor - his story of moving from #Poland to #UK to #Australia. His family's stories of surviving the war, reunion, & life. Now showing us a rare #Wollemi pine tree that he planted #multicultural www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/plants-and-a...
Wollemi pine | Australian threatened plants | NSW National Parks
The critically endangered Wollemi pine is one of the world’s oldest and rarest trees. With less than 46 adult trees in the wild, this Australian species has special protections to ensure its survival.
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by Alice Chik

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On Sunday we made #Baccala #Mantecato, dreaming of #Venice

by Alice Chik

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Happy Lunar New Year! 恭喜發財🎊🎊
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I'm excited that our new project about #autism and #comics got reported by the BBC!

If you're autistic and into comics, #manga or graphic novels please check it out - there's a link in the article to a research survey.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Autistic comic book fans asked to help Cambridge University study
The Collaboration For Comics And Autism study has been organised by University of Cambridge experts.
www.bbc.co.uk
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by Alice Chik

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Listening to Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari. It is blood chilling. #read2025

www.penguin.com.au/books/nexus-...
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world
www.penguin.com.au
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by Alice Chik

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So happy that the hiker was found, and I was in tears yesterday reading the news. We all need every bit of good news in 2025.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 8
Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive
Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive
Hadi Nazari, 23, has been found after going missing two weeks ago in Kosciuszko national park * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A 23-year-old hiker who has been…
www.theguardian.com
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by Alice Chik

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An absolutely mad but delicious #tteokbokki #Frenchtoast w #gochujang sauce & #maple syrup #ONACoffee #Marrickville
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Beautiful

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Absolutely thrilled to find this edition in a 2nd bookshop! 1 day will find the 1967 ed illustrated by Virginia Smith #children #picturebook
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Maybe it’s 2024, my voice has ‘an edge of #hysteria’ as well, but can’t believe I read this in a children’s book #oliviagoestovenice to be clear, right now, I’ll be fine w being hysteria in #Venice #holidayneeded
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If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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Interested in doing a PhD on language acquisition in Oslo?

Check application process: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... and feel free to reach out for more information!

PS. We have a nice growing community including Natalia Kartushina, Luca Onnis, @audunrosslund.bsky.social, and many more!
Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
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by Alice Chik

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Asking Santa for a kind 2025

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Islamophobia is an everyday reality for too many Australians | Aftab Malik
Sometimes it’s discrimination or harassment. Sometimes abuse or outright hatred. And sometimes violence. It must stop
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"Efforts to close the digital language divide in a responsible manner must go beyond merely adding more languages to datasets. They must also address the power dynamics and biases that shape how these languages are represented and used."
www.brookings.edu/articles/clo...
Closing the gap: A call for more inclusive language technologies
Chinasa T. Okolo and Marie Tano explore the digital language divide and how low-resourced languages can thrive in a digital world.
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by Melissa Castan — Reposted by: Alice Chik

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“I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design”
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social on toxic productivity & the myths of meritocracy.

[hint: this is not a bug, it’s a feature]
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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · Dec 14
I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
www.irishtimes.com
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I'm excited to finally be able to share this article, just published in TESOL Quarterly, where I explore the possibilities of inviting (student) teachers to create and collaboratively analyze memes as a way to reflect on their (practicum) teaching experiences and identity development.
Using Memes to Facilitate TESOL Student Teachers' Reflections on Identity
While reflection on one's own developing language teacher identity is a valuable experience for TESOL student teachers, written reflections and concerns about evaluation make it challenging to engage...
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by Melissa Castan — Reposted by: Alice Chik, Máiréad Nic Craith, Claire Dupont , and 1 more

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I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
www.irishtimes.com
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by Alice Chik

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Good point…I thought 郎in Chinese is an old-fashioned term for a man

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More interesting is 郎
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