ABC Radio National has the perfect holiday treat for language lovers: a 5-part podcast series about multilingualism in Australia. In “Tongue-tied and fluent”, Masako Fukui and Sheila Ngoc Pham (who also blogs here on Language on the Move) explore how ordinary Australians navigate the tensions between the nation’s imagined English monolingualism and its de facto multilingualism.
The Twitter thread below offers a quick teaser for each episode. Indulge yourself, head over to the Earshot website, download the 5 episodes, and enjoy 2.5 hours of linguistic bliss!
In Episode 1, you will learn about the global #language hierarchy, and discover why a #multilingual person may not be able to say "take a shower" in all their #languages https://t.co/JfTzWUyqDV
— Language on the Move (@Lg_on_the_Move) December 23, 2019
Part 3 takes us to #Armenian–#English #bilingual Galstaun College, an #Arabic community school, and to a frustrated #Japanese teacher in a Sydney public school … and you will begin to understand why #language #education in Australia is such a disasterhttps://t.co/L5OL2d3yG6
— Language on the Move (@Lg_on_the_Move) December 23, 2019
And in Episode 5 @birdpham and @masakofukuisyd finally figure out that #English is a #migrant #language, too …
Ultimately, #multilingualism is not about #languages but about creating more inclusive societieshttps://t.co/DY5u9MzLvH
— Language on the Move (@Lg_on_the_Move) December 23, 2019
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