Alice Chik
@alicechik.bsky.social
Researching multilingualism & other exciting projects, opinion my own
Incredibly sad to learn this, spent my teen reading many of his work 🥲
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
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Incredibly sad to learn this, spent my teen reading many of his work 🥲
Reposted by Alice Chik
“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...
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
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“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...
He published his last English language novel, Petals of Blood, in 1977.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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
trove.nla.gov.au/list/179558
@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
trove.nla.gov.au/list/179558
Trove
Australia’s free online research portal. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.
trove.nla.gov.au
May 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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
trove.nla.gov.au/list/179558
@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
trove.nla.gov.au/list/179558
May 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Putting this plant on my balcony to remind myself that upside under is real #strangerthings
May 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Putting this plant on my balcony to remind myself that upside under is real #strangerthings
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.
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
May 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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...
March 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Happy Lunar New Year! 恭喜發財🎊🎊
January 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Happy Lunar New Year! 恭喜發財🎊🎊
Reposted by Alice Chik
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...
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
January 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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...
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...
Listening to Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari. It is blood chilling. #read2025
www.penguin.com.au/books/nexus-...
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
January 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Listening to Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari. It is blood chilling. #read2025
www.penguin.com.au/books/nexus-...
www.penguin.com.au/books/nexus-...
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.
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
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A 23-year-old hiker who has been…
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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.
An absolutely mad but delicious #tteokbokki #Frenchtoast w #gochujang sauce & #maple syrup #ONACoffee #Marrickville
January 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
An absolutely mad but delicious #tteokbokki #Frenchtoast w #gochujang sauce & #maple syrup #ONACoffee #Marrickville
Absolutely thrilled to find this edition in a 2nd bookshop! 1 day will find the 1967 ed illustrated by Virginia Smith #children #picturebook
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Absolutely thrilled to find this edition in a 2nd bookshop! 1 day will find the 1967 ed illustrated by Virginia Smith #children #picturebook
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
December 24, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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
Reposted by Alice Chik
The Bluesky Directory is now huge. Something for everyone, please share.
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.
blueskydirectory.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:46 PM
The Bluesky Directory is now huge. Something for everyone, please share.
Reposted by Alice Chik
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!
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
December 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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!
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!
Reposted by Alice Chik
the same goes for character encodings...
"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...
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.
www.brookings.edu
December 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM
the same goes for character encodings...
Reposted by Alice Chik
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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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.
Reposted by Alice Chik
“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]
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social on toxic productivity & the myths of meritocracy.
[hint: this is not a bug, it’s a feature]
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
December 14, 2024 at 9:31 PM
“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]
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social on toxic productivity & the myths of meritocracy.
[hint: this is not a bug, it’s a feature]
Reposted by Alice Chik
Han Kang's Nobel lecture is now online.
Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.
Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life"
www.nobelprize.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Han Kang's Nobel lecture is now online.
Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.
Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.
Reposted by Alice Chik
Just read one of the full articles that this blogpost by @lauraskh.bsky.social is based on - great stuff. I have always hated Border Security as a show and the paper articulates beautifully why I had such a visceral reaction to it.
Here's the one I read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here's the one I read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 9, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Just read one of the full articles that this blogpost by @lauraskh.bsky.social is based on - great stuff. I have always hated Border Security as a show and the paper articulates beautifully why I had such a visceral reaction to it.
Here's the one I read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here's the one I read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Alice Chik
60 years ago today, John Coltrane recorded his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme." So that's what I'm compelled to listen to this evening & I invite anyone to do the same. @hystericalblkns.bsky.social @arbuscular.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 2:12 AM
60 years ago today, John Coltrane recorded his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme." So that's what I'm compelled to listen to this evening & I invite anyone to do the same. @hystericalblkns.bsky.social @arbuscular.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 5:41 AM
