Josh Prada
@joshprada.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Centre for Language and Cognition @rug.nl - Heritage language education, translanguaging, critical approaches
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Josh Prada
@joshprada.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I've created a starter pack with scholars and groups working on different areas related to Multilingualism --- please, share. Happy to add more. go.bsky.app/KSQ5zm
Blown away by our MA students at today’s Applied Linguistics Graduate Symposium! So much heart, insight, and variety in their research. What a privilege to witness their work and learn from them 💜 #appliedlinguistics #proud #professor
June 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Blown away by our MA students at today’s Applied Linguistics Graduate Symposium! So much heart, insight, and variety in their research. What a privilege to witness their work and learn from them 💜 #appliedlinguistics #proud #professor
Conversation with my dad during his visit in the Netherlands:
Dad - ¿Qué es esto, hijo? ¿Leche?
Me - Sí...leche [reads the label and translates from Dutch and English into Spanish]...evaporada...que le han quitado la mitad de la crema...
Dad - Semidesnatada.
Me - 😒 Sí.
Dad - Pobrecito, mi hijo...
Dad - ¿Qué es esto, hijo? ¿Leche?
Me - Sí...leche [reads the label and translates from Dutch and English into Spanish]...evaporada...que le han quitado la mitad de la crema...
Dad - Semidesnatada.
Me - 😒 Sí.
Dad - Pobrecito, mi hijo...
June 19, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Conversation with my dad during his visit in the Netherlands:
Dad - ¿Qué es esto, hijo? ¿Leche?
Me - Sí...leche [reads the label and translates from Dutch and English into Spanish]...evaporada...que le han quitado la mitad de la crema...
Dad - Semidesnatada.
Me - 😒 Sí.
Dad - Pobrecito, mi hijo...
Dad - ¿Qué es esto, hijo? ¿Leche?
Me - Sí...leche [reads the label and translates from Dutch and English into Spanish]...evaporada...que le han quitado la mitad de la crema...
Dad - Semidesnatada.
Me - 😒 Sí.
Dad - Pobrecito, mi hijo...
Children don’t “get confused” by multiple languages. They get confused when adults (not just teachers!) treat the ways they use their languages as problems. Support multilingual kids by honouring all the ways they make meaning #Translanguaging #EducationForAll
June 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Children don’t “get confused” by multiple languages. They get confused when adults (not just teachers!) treat the ways they use their languages as problems. Support multilingual kids by honouring all the ways they make meaning #Translanguaging #EducationForAll
Just finished teaching at the #appliedlinguistics Summer School offered by Lviv Technological National University in #Ukraine. I'm always delighted to connect with Ukrainian scholars.Very thankful to be included in their programme 💛💙 #translanguaging #multilingualism #education
June 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Just finished teaching at the #appliedlinguistics Summer School offered by Lviv Technological National University in #Ukraine. I'm always delighted to connect with Ukrainian scholars.Very thankful to be included in their programme 💛💙 #translanguaging #multilingualism #education
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So much of data analysis is actually data organization
May 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So much of data analysis is actually data organization
Still some days left to apply for our PhD program in Multilingualism and Migration. Fully-funded, well-supported and excellently located in Groningen. Excited to read so many wonderful proposals already. I'll consider supporting other strong candidates for competitive funding w/in the school.
April 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Still some days left to apply for our PhD program in Multilingualism and Migration. Fully-funded, well-supported and excellently located in Groningen. Excited to read so many wonderful proposals already. I'll consider supporting other strong candidates for competitive funding w/in the school.
Back to teaching next week."Pathways for Diversity in #Education" is my only undergraduate class, and takes place in the last quarter. It brings together students from three BA programs. Relatively large group w/ service learning component. Hard to plan but a joy to facilitate. #multilingualism
April 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Back to teaching next week."Pathways for Diversity in #Education" is my only undergraduate class, and takes place in the last quarter. It brings together students from three BA programs. Relatively large group w/ service learning component. Hard to plan but a joy to facilitate. #multilingualism
Tomorrow, Tuesday 8, I'll be giving a (free, open) guest lecture titled "Centering Repertoires, not Target Languages in the Heritage Language Classroom" as part of the Spanish Heritage Language Education Series organised by my very dear Jenny Leeman 💜 out of George Mason University. Join us :)
April 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tomorrow, Tuesday 8, I'll be giving a (free, open) guest lecture titled "Centering Repertoires, not Target Languages in the Heritage Language Classroom" as part of the Spanish Heritage Language Education Series organised by my very dear Jenny Leeman 💜 out of George Mason University. Join us :)
Happy to share this article (open access, System), hot off the press, on how teachers articulate critical sociocultural theory into praxis when working with multilingual learners. Co-authored w my colleagues from Indiana University-Indy, Teemant and Sherman 💜 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Teachers as the nexus of theory and practice with multilingual learners: A teacher's journey of becoming
In the U.S., the growing population of multilingual learners of English requires that general education teachers develop specialized knowledge and pra…
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April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Happy to share this article (open access, System), hot off the press, on how teachers articulate critical sociocultural theory into praxis when working with multilingual learners. Co-authored w my colleagues from Indiana University-Indy, Teemant and Sherman 💜 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to deliver this keynote tomorrow at the Association of Ukrainian Heritage Language Schools in The Hague 💜
April 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Excited to deliver this keynote tomorrow at the Association of Ukrainian Heritage Language Schools in The Hague 💜
Im (still) coPI of a $3mill US Dept of Education Grant 2022-2027). We serve underresourced schools in the US Midwest. Our research documents how to get great positive lasting + sustainable outcomes, and explains what to do to support teachers. We do the kind of work fascists dread #multilingualism
April 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Im (still) coPI of a $3mill US Dept of Education Grant 2022-2027). We serve underresourced schools in the US Midwest. Our research documents how to get great positive lasting + sustainable outcomes, and explains what to do to support teachers. We do the kind of work fascists dread #multilingualism
Job alert at the University of Groningen. Come do your PhD with us under my and Dr Hadi Mirvahedi's supervision at the Centre for Language+Cognition. Focus on Multilingualism, Identity and Well-Being in Migratory contexts. Fully funded. Email me your questions :) www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
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March 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Job alert at the University of Groningen. Come do your PhD with us under my and Dr Hadi Mirvahedi's supervision at the Centre for Language+Cognition. Focus on Multilingualism, Identity and Well-Being in Migratory contexts. Fully funded. Email me your questions :) www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Reviewer 1 of the paper I'm revising today, whoever you are: thank you, I owe you dinner and a drink at the next conference we attend.
March 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reviewer 1 of the paper I'm revising today, whoever you are: thank you, I owe you dinner and a drink at the next conference we attend.
Language is not a system of communication. It's much more. It is how culture is articulated, shared, transmitted. How identities are forged, performed. How knowledge is disseminated, maintained, developed. Ultimately, language is how individuals, communities and societies take shape over time.
March 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Language is not a system of communication. It's much more. It is how culture is articulated, shared, transmitted. How identities are forged, performed. How knowledge is disseminated, maintained, developed. Ultimately, language is how individuals, communities and societies take shape over time.
Fully funded (NWO) PhD position opening soon on Multilingualism, Identity and Emotions in Post-migratory Settings. Co-supervised by myself and Hadi Mirvehedi. Come join us at the @unigroningen.bsky.social's Centre for Language and Cognition 💜 email me if you have preliminary questions
March 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Fully funded (NWO) PhD position opening soon on Multilingualism, Identity and Emotions in Post-migratory Settings. Co-supervised by myself and Hadi Mirvehedi. Come join us at the @unigroningen.bsky.social's Centre for Language and Cognition 💜 email me if you have preliminary questions
Thus far 2025 has felt like 3 years worth of events packed in three weeks of time.
March 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thus far 2025 has felt like 3 years worth of events packed in three weeks of time.
Tomorrow, I'll be visiting the University of Amsterdam to give a talk about #translanguaging and emotions in #heritagelanguage #education -- looking forward to connecting with colleagues -- My first time at the @uvahumanities.bsky.social 💜
March 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tomorrow, I'll be visiting the University of Amsterdam to give a talk about #translanguaging and emotions in #heritagelanguage #education -- looking forward to connecting with colleagues -- My first time at the @uvahumanities.bsky.social 💜
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Today's university in crisis is Kingston, which is cutting all the departments and subjects below, a savage retrenchment that won't even make them half of the £20m savings they need. Every day will be like this until something is done.
February 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Today's university in crisis is Kingston, which is cutting all the departments and subjects below, a savage retrenchment that won't even make them half of the £20m savings they need. Every day will be like this until something is done.
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Job announcement! ELL is hiring a permanent Lecturer in Communications to join a new area of growth in our subject area. Take a look at the job announcement and let us know if you have any questions!
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Lecturer in Communications (R&T)
The School of Critical Studies in the College of Arts and Humanities seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Communications (Research & Teaching Track). Job Purpose To undertake research of internationa...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Job announcement! ELL is hiring a permanent Lecturer in Communications to join a new area of growth in our subject area. Take a look at the job announcement and let us know if you have any questions!
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Happy to see this SI, Synergies in SLA/T, co-guest edited by Dwight Atkinson Marije Michel and Amable Ribeiro just fresh off the press on MLJ. Much of it is open access, including my commentary 'A Translanguager's take on a Synergy-Driven SLA/T' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 💜
<em>The Modern Language Journal</em> | NFMLTA Journal | Wiley Online Library
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February 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy to see this SI, Synergies in SLA/T, co-guest edited by Dwight Atkinson Marije Michel and Amable Ribeiro just fresh off the press on MLJ. Much of it is open access, including my commentary 'A Translanguager's take on a Synergy-Driven SLA/T' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 💜
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Job! Come work with me in Bergen! Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication. Deadline March 20. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication (274936) | NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Job title: Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication (274936), Employer: NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Deadline: Thursday, March 20, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
February 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Job! Come work with me in Bergen! Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication. Deadline March 20. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Changing institutions as an #academic means adapting to a new system, and relearning/remapping organisational dynamics and your role in them. It's hard work. Now, changing institutions internationally is a whole different beast with #language and #culture entering the chat. Year 2 and still learning
February 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Changing institutions as an #academic means adapting to a new system, and relearning/remapping organisational dynamics and your role in them. It's hard work. Now, changing institutions internationally is a whole different beast with #language and #culture entering the chat. Year 2 and still learning
If only students knew how OBVIOUS it is when they have use ChatGPT to write their papers...
February 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If only students knew how OBVIOUS it is when they have use ChatGPT to write their papers...
Here's cool little video, should you or your BA students be looking for a great MA in Applied Linguistics :) we also offer a track in Multilingualism -- I teach and direct theses in both 💜 come study with us in beautiful Groningen youtu.be/ocPuG5GTt6U?...
MA Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen
YouTube video by Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen
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January 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here's cool little video, should you or your BA students be looking for a great MA in Applied Linguistics :) we also offer a track in Multilingualism -- I teach and direct theses in both 💜 come study with us in beautiful Groningen youtu.be/ocPuG5GTt6U?...