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Dr. Hannah M. King
@hmking-linguist.bsky.social
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sociolinguist 🗣💬 (senior lecturer #English language; PhD applied linguistics): #multilingualism | transnational & multilingual identities | discourse | space & place | multilingual #picturebooks -> @multilinglibrary.bsky.social 💙📚
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Hope to see some of you at tonight's #book launch (12 Nov @ @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social) 🗣💬

We will discuss Thomas Quehl's (2025) Teacher Agency in #Multilingual Pedagogies: Pedagogical Spaces in the Primary School

4-5:30pm w/ Christina Richardson, myself & Vally Lytra

#edusky @naldic.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A new, apparently #linguistically aware, #coffee shop coming to #London!

I see #English, #Japanese, #French, & #Greek, but not 100% about Pegasus Kaffee . . . or café dfl caballo alado. . . del I guess? So #Spanish?

Interesting mix of flying horse & winged horse! 🤩

#langsky #linguisticlandscape
Front of coffee shop with name is various languages: Flying Horse Coffee
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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In/around #London? 🗣💬

Come to a #Book Launch for: Teacher Agency in #Multilingual Pedagogies by Thomas Quehl (@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social, Wed 12 Nov 4-5:30pm)

@naldic.bsky.social's Christina Richardson & I will be discussants, with chair Vally Lytra

#edusky

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book cover Teacher Agency in Multilingual Pedagogies: Pedagogical Spaces in the Primary School by Thomas Quehl
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Ten more days to check out The Barbican's

Voiced: The Festival for #EndangeredLanguages

🗣💬 #langsky

www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
barbican 1-31 Oct VOICED The Festival for Endangered Languages Experience visual art, literature, spoken word and sound installations from indigenous artists in the first UK festival of this kind Details of some of the events are listed here, which can be found at: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/series/voiced-the-festival-for-endangered-languages
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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So pleased to see this #multilingual welcome video from @londonmetuni.bsky.social on Instagram! 🤩 😍

Wish I could properly share it here!

www.instagram.com/reel/DO5oAlV...
A screenshot from Instagram of a reel posted by London Metropolitan University (londonmetuni) welcoming new students multilingually. The text on the right reads: Welcome to the real London 👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏿🌍❤️ Over 143 nationalities are represented at our University, and our student population is one of the most diverse in the UK! We pride ourselves on welcoming students from all over the world, every one with a unique story and background, a true reflection of the real London. #TheRealLondon #LondonMetropolitanUniversity
September 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Here's my latest #library #book, Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon!

I have to admit, I'm struggling a bit to get into this one 😵‍💫
Book cover of Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Interested in #multilingualism, #literacy, & #languages?

Check out The Grand Multi-Literacy event this coming weekend :)

It's free, online & features talks from researchers, educators, parents, authors & more!

Talks are recorded, so you can catch up after if you prefer!

#langsky 💙📚 #Kidlit
The GRAND MULTI-LITERACY Event 2025 An online - live - free event for multilingual families and educators teaching multilingual students From Friday 19th to Sunday 21st September 2025 on YouTube: Library4Multilnguals
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"[J]ust because we cannot change everything, that does not mean we cannot change anything."

-Robert Macfarlane
Deep waters Robert's lessons for life "Hope is a discipline. We have to imagine a future which is not like the present we inhabit, but it's not enough just to dream another way of being. The discipline is in the work required to realise that change."
July 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Excited about my copy of Thomas Quehl's, Teacher Agency in #Multilingual Pedagogies!

Not only does it match my fingernails, but it promises to be an interesting read on #languages in #primaryschools!

Watch for an Oct #book launch announcement where I will be a discussant! 🥰

#ELT #edusky
The cover of Thomas Quehl's new book, Teacher Agency in Multilingual Pedagogies
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Look what I found in #London today! The #European Poetry Festival is on until 6 July!

Interested in #multilingualism & #poetry check it out! It includes #Lithuanian, #Cypriot, #Austrian, #Norwegian, #Estonian, #Swiss, #Swish & more!

#langsky 🗣💬 #WritingCommunity

www.europeanpoetryfestival.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"Did you stop, stand and stare at all today?"

#magic #nature 💙📚 #TheSimpleThings #RoaldDahl
An image of a flower and butterfly on the left, with text on the right that reads: A simple thing. . . Did you stop, stand and stare at all today? As Roald Dahl said, "Those who don't believe in magic, will never find it." Likewise, those who don't slow down to look, will never see it. And midsummer is a fairytale time for sure, with flowers in bloom and nature on show while the long days last. Magical moments are just waiting for us to notice them.
June 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Mi animal favorito? No sé-tengo muchos!-pero aquí está una abeja en el parque hoy!

#Spanish #30dayswildmultilingual
June 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Day 2 of #sisbristol25!

An engaging plenary from Daniel Amarelo (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) entitled, "Queer(ing) conflicted #multilingualism in #Spain: #Galician and #Catalan queer events and the embodiment of language diversity" 🗣💬
Daniel Amarelo (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) presenting on "Queer(ing) conflicted multilingualism in Spain: Galician and Catalan queer events and the embodiment of language diversity"
June 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Anyone seen this flag before?? 🗣💬

I had no idea about the #Wales-#Argentina connection before @marcecazzoli.bsky.social's #sisbristol25 talk, "Prestige from the periphery: #Welsh in contact with Spanish in #Argentine Patagonia"

@spanishinsoc.bsky.social
Marcela Cazzoli begins her presentation on "Prestige from the periphery: Welsh in contact with Spanish in Argentine Patagonia" The slide includes an image of a flag that combines features from the Welsh and Argentinian flags.
June 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Rosaleen Howard (@newcastleuni.bsky.social) on "Collaborative language documentation of central #Peruvian #Quechua: tensions between Quechua and #Spanish in speech and writing"

What an interesting conversation about subjectivities & ideologies!

#sisbristol25 🗣💬 @spanishinsoc.bsky.social
Rosaleen Howard giving her talk on Collaborative language documentation of central Peruvian Quechua: tensions between Quechua and Spanish in speech and writing. The screen shows "steps in production of the work."
June 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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What a joy to be part of such an interesting session this morning, with talks from myself, Maja Spieß Genannt Bongard & @sleuckert.bsky.social, and @peterbrowning.bsky.social

#sisbristol25 @spanishinsoc.bsky.social 🗣💬
Hannah M King (London Metropolitan University, UK): “Hispanohablantes. . . tenemos un carácter más similar:” The discursive construction of a supranational Spanish- language space in London Maja Spieß Genannt Bongard and Sven Leuckert (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany): “Un abrazo desde England”: A corpus-linguistic investigation of Spanish- English language contact on the YouTube show Spaniards in London Peter Browning (UCL, UK): Spaces of sexile subjectivity: Queer Colombians in London
June 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The @spanishinsoc.bsky.social conference got off to a great start this morning with @nelsonlflores.bsky.social speaking about #raciolinguistic hierarchies & the global circulation of #Latinidad

#sisbristol25 #linguistics #Spanish
ACENTOS DEL IMPERIO: JERARQUÍAS RACIOLINGÜÍSTICAS Y LA CIRCULACIÓN GLOBAL DE LA LATINIDAD Nelson Flores University of Pennsylvania
June 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Anyone else preparing for the @spanishinsoc.bsky.social conference? 🗣💬

Looking forward to talking about supranational #Spanish - language #spaces tomorrow!

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
“Hispanohablantes . . . tenemos un carácter más similar:” The discursive construction of a supranational Spanish-language space in London Dr. Hannah M. King Spanish in Society 5 June 2025
June 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Δεν ξέρω αν είναι μαργαρίτα, αλλά είναι όμορφη! 🗣💬

#Greek #30dayswildmultilingual #30dayswild #nature #langsky #edusky
An image of a white flower with a yellow center, similar to (if not) a daisy.
June 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Yay! I love #30dayswildmultilingual! (Brilliant work, @sabinelittle.bsky.social) Learn, share & explore your #languages or those of your #students all month!

Έχει συννεφιά σήμερα!

www.multilingualism-in-schools.net/30-days-wild...

#Greek 🗣💬 #30dayswild #langsky #edusky
Image of cloudy skies with some bright blue peeking out over a building of London flats.
June 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Always a pleasure to hear from Denise Amankwah, PhD researcher at @universityofessex.bsky.social!

This time, she is talking at the @ioe.bsky.social about her experiences with her heritage language, Twi, and links with her doctoral studies.

🐦🐦 @africasigessex.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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It's wonderful to hear author, educator & #multilingual enthusiast, Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori, discuss his important work at @ioe.bsky.social!

Find out more about his work on #multilingualism here: www.library4multilinguals.com

🗣💬 #langsky 💙📚
May 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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May 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Finally (for now 🤣) is Le #livre qui parlait toutes les #langues (Alain Serres & Fred Sochard)

Strictly speaking, it is dual language ( #French plus translations), but it is very #multilingual as each page features a different #language, including non-Roman scripts 😊

🗣💬 #kidlit 💙📚

t.ly/y9tA4
April 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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This talk by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social looks fantastic for #linguists 🗣💬, #librarians, #book people 💙📚, #language people #langsky & of course for #kidlit folks!

tinyurl.com/sandsoconnor
"Whose country is this anyway? Representation of black people/British spaces in children's and YA books" Dr. Karen Sands-O'Connor University of Sheffiled Friday April 4, 2025 3:30-4:30pm CT tinyurl.com/sandsoconnor
April 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM