Multilingual Matters
@multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
We are an independent publisher based in Bristol, UK. We publish titles on applied linguistics, multilingualism, second language acquisition, language education and translation. We also like bunnies and cake.
https://www.multilingual-matters.com
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Our brand new catalogue is now available! 📚
Browse all our exciting new and forthcoming titles here: buff.ly/XLWEvQ0
Browse all our exciting new and forthcoming titles here: buff.ly/XLWEvQ0
Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
Artificial intelligence threatens students’ most basic skills. If they lose their ability to understand what they read, will they lose their ability to think?
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November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
New book explores how fan practices, such as fan art and fan fiction, and linguistic landscapes – the language surrounding us in everyday contexts – can be integrated into foreign language teaching through the innovative Fictional Linguistic Landscapes pedagogy. buff.ly/8fgBh08
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New book explores how fan practices, such as fan art and fan fiction, and linguistic landscapes – the language surrounding us in everyday contexts – can be integrated into foreign language teaching through the innovative Fictional Linguistic Landscapes pedagogy. buff.ly/8fgBh08
"This excellent volume on translanguaging in diverse education contexts explores how multilingual speakers draw on their full linguistic repertoires to challenge traditional boundaries and promote inclusive, dynamic learning spaces."
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November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"This excellent volume on translanguaging in diverse education contexts explores how multilingual speakers draw on their full linguistic repertoires to challenge traditional boundaries and promote inclusive, dynamic learning spaces."
Download the Open Access PDF free on our website! buff.ly/5UaXS9W
Download the Open Access PDF free on our website! buff.ly/5UaXS9W
Have you browsed our new catalogue yet?
Find all our exciting new and forthcoming titles on language education, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, decolonisation, migration studies and more here: buff.ly/5TG0o7M
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Find all our exciting new and forthcoming titles on language education, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, decolonisation, migration studies and more here: buff.ly/5TG0o7M
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Have you browsed our new catalogue yet?
Find all our exciting new and forthcoming titles on language education, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, decolonisation, migration studies and more here: buff.ly/5TG0o7M
#langchat
Find all our exciting new and forthcoming titles on language education, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, decolonisation, migration studies and more here: buff.ly/5TG0o7M
#langchat
This new book examines diverse aspects of advocacy for translanguaging as a legitimate educational practice.
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Download the Open Access PDF free on our website! buff.ly/5UaXS9W
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This new book examines diverse aspects of advocacy for translanguaging as a legitimate educational practice.
Download the Open Access PDF free on our website! buff.ly/5UaXS9W
Download the Open Access PDF free on our website! buff.ly/5UaXS9W
New blog post!
"As you begin your teaching journey, you’ll hear many strategies for creating welcoming classrooms. One of the most transformative is Radical Inclusivity..."
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"As you begin your teaching journey, you’ll hear many strategies for creating welcoming classrooms. One of the most transformative is Radical Inclusivity..."
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Understanding Radical Inclusivity: A Guide for Future Educators
We recently published Radical Inclusivity edited by Gloria Park, Quanisha Charles, Shannon Tanghe and Marie Webb. In this post the editors explain what ‘Radical Inclusivity’ is and how …
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November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New blog post!
"As you begin your teaching journey, you’ll hear many strategies for creating welcoming classrooms. One of the most transformative is Radical Inclusivity..."
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"As you begin your teaching journey, you’ll hear many strategies for creating welcoming classrooms. One of the most transformative is Radical Inclusivity..."
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Native listening and learning new sounds
Native listening and learning new sounds
I hear what you don’t hear Have you ever listened to a language you don’t know and thought you recognized a word—only to realize later that you were completely mistaken? Our ears play tricks on us.…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Native listening and learning new sounds
📢 FREE ONLINE EVENT! 📢
Join us on 26 November (10am UK time) for a discussion with Osman Solmaz about his newly-published book "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes".
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Join us on 26 November (10am UK time) for a discussion with Osman Solmaz about his newly-published book "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes".
Get your questions ready for the audience Q&A!
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November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
📢 FREE ONLINE EVENT! 📢
Join us on 26 November (10am UK time) for a discussion with Osman Solmaz about his newly-published book "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes".
Get your questions ready for the audience Q&A!
Sign up free here: buff.ly/qIGjLsu
Join us on 26 November (10am UK time) for a discussion with Osman Solmaz about his newly-published book "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes".
Get your questions ready for the audience Q&A!
Sign up free here: buff.ly/qIGjLsu
Next month we're celebrating 30 years of our Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series with the publication of "Key Developments in Bilingual Education and Bilingualism".
Find out more, order a copy or request an inspection copy for your course on our website: buff.ly/U3jrhaL
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Find out more, order a copy or request an inspection copy for your course on our website: buff.ly/U3jrhaL
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November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Next month we're celebrating 30 years of our Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series with the publication of "Key Developments in Bilingual Education and Bilingualism".
Find out more, order a copy or request an inspection copy for your course on our website: buff.ly/U3jrhaL
#langchat
Find out more, order a copy or request an inspection copy for your course on our website: buff.ly/U3jrhaL
#langchat
"We often hear teachers complaining about lacking time to teach writing in an EFL context [...] our fields of applied linguistics & writing studies have paid scant attention to the issue of time and have failed to advocate for teachers’ time in policy and program administration..."
The Importance of Time in Language Teaching
We recently published Colonial Temporality and Writing Education by Xiaoye You and Othman Z. Barnawi. In this post the authors explain why their research is important. “Where could I find the time …
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November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"We often hear teachers complaining about lacking time to teach writing in an EFL context [...] our fields of applied linguistics & writing studies have paid scant attention to the issue of time and have failed to advocate for teachers’ time in policy and program administration..."
It's publication day for these exciting new titles!
📖 "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes" by Osman Solmaz
📖 "Being Understood" by Kristin Snoddon
📖 "Radical Inclusivity" edited by Gloria Park, Quanisha Charles, Shannon Tanghe and Marie Webb
All available now on our website: buff.ly/Lx0Cy9y
📖 "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes" by Osman Solmaz
📖 "Being Understood" by Kristin Snoddon
📖 "Radical Inclusivity" edited by Gloria Park, Quanisha Charles, Shannon Tanghe and Marie Webb
All available now on our website: buff.ly/Lx0Cy9y
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's publication day for these exciting new titles!
📖 "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes" by Osman Solmaz
📖 "Being Understood" by Kristin Snoddon
📖 "Radical Inclusivity" edited by Gloria Park, Quanisha Charles, Shannon Tanghe and Marie Webb
All available now on our website: buff.ly/Lx0Cy9y
📖 "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes" by Osman Solmaz
📖 "Being Understood" by Kristin Snoddon
📖 "Radical Inclusivity" edited by Gloria Park, Quanisha Charles, Shannon Tanghe and Marie Webb
All available now on our website: buff.ly/Lx0Cy9y
"This is an indispensable resource for educators, leaders, and community advocates interested in Mandarin education and secondary dual language programs." buff.ly/wqvAfo7
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"This is an indispensable resource for educators, leaders, and community advocates interested in Mandarin education and secondary dual language programs." buff.ly/wqvAfo7
'Lack of interpreters meant I believed I had HIV for two days'
'Lack of interpreters meant I believed I had HIV for two days'
A deaf man got the wrong information from medical staff when an interpreter was not available.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
'Lack of interpreters meant I believed I had HIV for two days'
"This insightful ethnography reveals the public sphere as a space of cultural negotiation and belonging that offers a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics and migration studies, and a model for reading cities as globalized texts." buff.ly/zGMuCiY
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"This insightful ethnography reveals the public sphere as a space of cultural negotiation and belonging that offers a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics and migration studies, and a model for reading cities as globalized texts." buff.ly/zGMuCiY
Polish to be the most effective language for prompting AI, new study reveals
Polish is the most effective language for prompting AI, study reveals
A group of researchers studied which language is best understood by artificial intelligence, with Polish in the lead and English only ranking at sixth place.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Polish to be the most effective language for prompting AI, new study reveals
"With increasing numbers of primary school pupils learning English as a foreign language, this volume is an innovative and timely addition to the fields of Second Language Pragmatics and Teaching English to Young Learners." buff.ly/tm8wCHJ
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"With increasing numbers of primary school pupils learning English as a foreign language, this volume is an innovative and timely addition to the fields of Second Language Pragmatics and Teaching English to Young Learners." buff.ly/tm8wCHJ
'Speaking Irish is everything' - Belfast hosts thousands for language festival
Oireachtas na Samhna: 'The Irish language is everything to me'
Thousands from across the island and beyond came together in Belfast for Oireachtas na Samhna, Ireland's oldest Irish language gathering.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
'Speaking Irish is everything' - Belfast hosts thousands for language festival
New blog post!
"When we walk through a city, signs usually seem straightforward, helping us find directions, shops, or services. But in Taiwan, and particularly in Taoyuan City, signs tell a deeper story..."
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"When we walk through a city, signs usually seem straightforward, helping us find directions, shops, or services. But in Taiwan, and particularly in Taoyuan City, signs tell a deeper story..."
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The Linguistic Landscape of Taoyuan City: Multilingualism in Action
We recently published New Immigrants and Multilingual Linguistic Landscape in Taiwan by Ching-Yu Na and Serafín M. Coronel-Molina. In this post the authors explain why they chose Taoyuan City as th…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New blog post!
"When we walk through a city, signs usually seem straightforward, helping us find directions, shops, or services. But in Taiwan, and particularly in Taoyuan City, signs tell a deeper story..."
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"When we walk through a city, signs usually seem straightforward, helping us find directions, shops, or services. But in Taiwan, and particularly in Taoyuan City, signs tell a deeper story..."
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"By revealing how time itself operates as a tool of power, the book is a valuable contribution to postcolonial theory, education and the sociology of time. A recommended read for students, educators, and scholars alike." buff.ly/qtJyaU1
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"By revealing how time itself operates as a tool of power, the book is a valuable contribution to postcolonial theory, education and the sociology of time. A recommended read for students, educators, and scholars alike." buff.ly/qtJyaU1
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"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
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Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
New blog post!
"Our book was decisively translated into Spanish to address the aggressions that Indigenous youth experience, not as isolated incidents but as part of a broader, systematic problem that spans Mexico and the US..."
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"Our book was decisively translated into Spanish to address the aggressions that Indigenous youth experience, not as isolated incidents but as part of a broader, systematic problem that spans Mexico and the US..."
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Entre múltiples mundos / Between Multiple Worlds: Indigenous Mexican Voices in US Education
We recently published the Spanish edition of Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students entitled Escolaridad culturalmente sensible para estudiantes indígenas mexicanos by Will…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New blog post!
"Our book was decisively translated into Spanish to address the aggressions that Indigenous youth experience, not as isolated incidents but as part of a broader, systematic problem that spans Mexico and the US..."
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"Our book was decisively translated into Spanish to address the aggressions that Indigenous youth experience, not as isolated incidents but as part of a broader, systematic problem that spans Mexico and the US..."
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"El fascinante libro de Perez y Vásquez derriba uno de los obstáculos mayúsculos que enfrentan los alumnos indígenas en las escuelas de Estados Unidos – y de México –: el haber sido despojados de su auténtica ontología." buff.ly/7GMagLi
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"El fascinante libro de Perez y Vásquez derriba uno de los obstáculos mayúsculos que enfrentan los alumnos indígenas en las escuelas de Estados Unidos – y de México –: el haber sido despojados de su auténtica ontología." buff.ly/7GMagLi
For our European library customers, our library ebooks are now available on Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore!
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Find them via the following link: buff.ly/TIOMuB4
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
For our European library customers, our library ebooks are now available on Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore!
Find them via the following link: buff.ly/TIOMuB4
Find them via the following link: buff.ly/TIOMuB4
App that translates speech to sign language in real-time wins top innovation prize
App that translates speech to sign language in real-time wins top innovation prize | CNN
A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
App that translates speech to sign language in real-time wins top innovation prize
Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth
Babies Start Processing Foreign Languages before They Are Born
Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find
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November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth