Lovely and interesting- not only for the bilingualism bits. Growing up in Italy in the 90s, the war in Yugoslavia was "the" war, basically on our doorstep and yet a world apart.
Still a few days left to send your abstract to the annual Translation Studies Network of Ireland - this year coming to the West in Galway/Gaillimh. pietra.universityofgalway.ie/tsni4-galway...
Yes! Let's do this 😃
We have up to £120k available to appoint a researcher as an Innovation Fellow. You’d be attached to the Local Policy & Innovation Partnership within City-REDI at the University of Birmingham to contribute expertise on matters of policy, place & governance www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inno...
Started actually writing a new book that I care a lot about - so far I "only" had the proposal down, the chapters outline etc. 277 words are nothing but today they feel like a great accomplishment. 😁
That would be foolish, wouldn't it?
Language tests and exams are tools of gatekeeping. To us as educators, it does not necessarily mean doing away with tests altogether - but their political dimension needs to be part of the conversation. #sociolinguistics
Language is more than a proficiency test score. Meaningful change in the #highereducation experience of #internationalstudents should involve institutional language support & building skills and paths to employment. In SBSNews re changes to Aus migration strategy www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Under the federal government's migration review unveiled this week, minimum English language requirements for students and graduate visas will be increased from next year.
Bienvenido, Iker! There's also a "Linguistics" feed here on bluesky - you can write to @verbingnouns.bsky.social to be added.