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Louise Rolland
@lrollandmulti.bsky.social
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Linguist.e | multilingualism & emotion, identity, social justice (esp. mental health, education) | researching multilingually | academic writing | Own views | #wiasn
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-2685
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Louise Rolland @lrollandmulti.bsky.social · Jul 3
My view is that it helps to discuss an "interview language policy" with participants, and to actively support translanguaging. Implications of lang choices for the findings must then be reflected on: "linguistic reflexivity" is important! Refs 👇🏻
#LanguagesInResearch #LinguisticReflexivity
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cateh.bsky.social
Our @education.ox.ac.uk
Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...
Reviewing Research on the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as an Additional Language: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications
www.education.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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lizstokoe.bsky.social
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
booktrust.org.uk
"The discussions or reflections that books inspire can change lives for the better. I know because I’ve seen it."

Author Nathanael Lessore believes fiction can play a big role in supporting positive attitudes to boyhood and masculinity.

Here's how 👇

https://bit.ly/3JqsAug
An illustration by Tosin Akinkunmi from the front cover of What Happens Online - a boy smiling and leaning his face on his fist as he wears a gaming headset. Plus a quote from author Nathanael Lessore: "Fiction teaches empathy and creativity, and can be a powerful tool in the fight for a more positive masculinity"
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
📣 PhD studentships for UK/Home students: research interests inc. English Linguistics! At least one studentship at
@mybcu.bsky.social will be dedicated to a candidate from a *Global Majority background*. Apply by 27/01/26👇🏻
www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc...
#linguistics #BAME #PhD
Doctoral Landscape Awards
The AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award is a major new funding scheme from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Its aim is to grow the UK’s capacity for doctoral research in the arts and humanit...
www.bcu.ac.uk
October 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
perkinskeighley.bsky.social
Most large language models today speak only a handful of the world’s 7,000+ languages.

Across Africa, researchers & technologists are tackling this imbalance head-on — collecting ethically sourced, high-quality speech data & building AI that understands African languages.

🔗 tinyurl.com/3689x8bu
African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset
When a language isn’t in the data, its speakers aren’t in the product – and AI cannot be safe, useful, or fair for them.
tinyurl.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
The Voiced festival went out with a bang of #multilingual #poetry last night! We heard extraordinary performances in Spanish, Finnish, Galician, French, German, Scots, an endangered language from the Philippines, Dutch, English & more, before joining voices on 'The silence ends', by John Farndon 👏🏻
October 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
"Graffiti is the language of the unheard". A great project inviting marginalised groups to dialogue with the church. Canterbury Cathedral installation, from 17 Oct.
(Not sure why BBC focused on a foreign politician's diatribe)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#graffiti #church #art #Canterbury
JD Vance slams Canterbury Cathedral art installation
The US Vice President says it has made a
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood: "If you come to this country, you must learn our language and play your part." What if they speak Welsh,
Gaelic, Scots, Irish, Ulster Scots or
Cornish?
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK - BBC News share.google/bYp1cjhiE40l...
#lingsky
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK - BBC News
The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.
share.google
October 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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wokestudies.bsky.social
Banned books staircase created by Gary M. Herd / Kraken Studios.
Newport Public Library.
October 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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perkinskeighley.bsky.social
In his new Welsh-language album Dim Probs, Gruff Rhys - frontman of Super Furry Animals - celebrates the beauty, humour, and resilience of his first language.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

TLDR 👇

#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage
Gruff Rhys: ‘Welsh is still being invented as a pop language’
The Super Furry Animals frontman is back with his ninth solo album. Before a tour of regional village halls in Wales, he talks creating songs in his first language – and why English is the best for sw...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
🗓️ 29 October 2025: Modern Poetry in Translation at 60 | Southbank Centre. Readings and reflections on poems featured in the magazine during this turbulent period in world history, alongside new poems from Gaza.
share.google/P2Tn273AkPGe...
#poetry #translation #Gaza #London
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
mlvp7.bsky.social
How great is the title of this book?

My book chapter: 'Revisiting the Australian literacy wars: Authorial stance in shaping contemporary educational strategies.'

Sneak peek ahead of publication.

www.google.com.au/books/editio...
Unlearning Languages that Control the Mind
The edited collection Unlearning Languages That Control the Mind (ULCM) is to be read as a continuous multi‐voiced work on what takes place when we forget that unlearning is a part of our existence as...
www.google.com.au
October 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
"the feuding families at the centre of the drama are divided in this retelling by language, with the Capulets speaking English and the Montagues Cymraeg. It means the way the lovers communicate and grow to understand each other is all the more charged."
#Welsh #Cymraeg #BilingualTheatre #Langsky
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
perkinskeighley.bsky.social
For the first time in history, Cymraeg (the Welsh language) will echo through Shakespeare's Globe — in a groundbreaking bilingual production of Romeo a Juliet by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru.

🔗 tinyurl.com/yhw22wua

TLDR 👇

#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage #Shakespeare
‘The language adds a whole new level’: Welsh-English version of Romeo and Juliet heads for the Globe
Bilingual production by Theatr Cymru is expected to be first time Welsh will be heard at South Bank venue
tinyurl.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
iasclchildlang.bsky.social
In the latest Child Lang. Bulletin, we introduced IASCL's Repository of Research Papers on Underrepresented Languages, a resource designed for easy access and sharing of research on the acquisition of children learning underrepresented languages. Read more here: www.childlanguage.org/underreprese...
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
nisreenalwan.bsky.social
Diminishing numbers of international students at our university courses is definitely not a good thing for HE revenue, not good for diverse skill development & not good for the richness of the experience UK universities offer to all students. Bad on all accounts except keeping the racists happy.
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
🗓️ Sunday 11 October (4-6 pm), discover Zulu storytelling traditions such as the kwasukasukela/chosi call and response, and beadwork poetics, in this workshop with Nomakhwezi Becker @barbicancentre.bsky.social!
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
#poetry #Zulu #SouthAfrica #London #langsky #home
Threading Tongues: Call and Response with Poetry and Beadwork | Barbican
Explore South African storytelling, beadwork poetics and praise poetry in this participatory workshop with performer and writer Nomakhwezi Becker.
www.barbican.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
🗓️ Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages @barbicancentre.bsky.social, events exploring literature in minoritised languages & dialects, celebrating multilingual identities! (16-18 Oct, London) Book here👇🏻 www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
#langsky #london #poetry #literature #multilingualism
Live Literature Programme | Barbican
Whether you're joining us for a day or the entire festival, come together to celebrate artists working in endangered languages and dialects.
www.barbican.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
🗓️ Sunday 11 October 2025 @barbicancentre.bsky.social: "explore selected texts together and contribute (your) own poems, languages or reflections" in this multilingual poetry workshop! www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
#poetry #lingsky #langsky #multilingualism #London
Swirl of Words Workshop with Stephen Watts | Barbican
Celebrate London’s linguistic richness in this multilingual poetry workshop with poet and translator Stephen Watts.
www.barbican.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
Lou Sarabadzic:
In the UK they exulted.
Princess Charlotte is already bilingual.
Aw that’s so cute but what about
the cuteness of Punjabi? I asked myself.
My young neighbour is trilingual
and I didn’t see
rushing to the area
any national news agency.
#NationalPoetryDay
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Lou Sarabadzic
To the happy few Languages, like immigrants, must be carefully chosen. Then and only then is it decent bilingualism. Otherwise we call it they-came-here-for-our-economy how-are-their-children-going…
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October 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
lynneguist.bsky.social
The Welsh government is asking for help in Welshifying online maps

datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...
Record Welsh Place Names | DataMapWales
datamap.gov.wales
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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perkinskeighley.bsky.social
A fascinating new piece in @theconversation.com Dr Mark W Post explores how linguists have traced thousands of modern words back to Proto-Indo-European (PIE) – a language spoken up to 8,000 years ago but never written down.

🔗 tinyurl.com/yhmhnaee

TLDR 👇

#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know
This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know Proto-Indo-European must have existed?
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
Lots of great recommendations to follow up here. In the picture book category, I can thoroughly endorse "Boy" and "Dancing Hands", tried and very much enjoyed by my little one!
#DeafAwarenessMonth #Books #ReadingTogether #Inclusion #RepresentationMatters #EnglishBooks
weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · Sep 29
It’s still #DeafAwarenessMonth, a time for celebrating the d/Deaf community and shining a light on how the world can be more d/Deaf-inclusive!

Here are nearly 40 titles with d/Deaf representation for you to check out this September — or any time of year 📚💞
Light orange graphic with a border made up of orange, blue, green, and gold blocks. The graphic is titled “35+ Books with d/Deaf Representation”. Beneath the title text is a green bubble containing the words “for d/Deaf Awareness Month”. At the bottom of the graphic is a row of three illustrated books: an orange book, a blue book, and a green book.
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
lrollandmulti.bsky.social
🗓️ 20 Oct (free, online, 4-5 pm UK): The multilingual poetry project: children’s languages in the classroom. Lessons from an infant school on bringing #multilingualism into everyday teaching!
#education #EDI #lingsky #schools #poetry #langsky #inclusion
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-multil...
The multilingual poetry project: children’s languages in the classroom
Eventbrite - Sheffield City of Languages presents The multilingual poetry project: children’s languages in the classroom - Monday, October 20, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Reposted by Louise Rolland
multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
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.
buff.ly
September 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM