BAAL Language Policy SIG

BAAL Language Policy group - 2027-LPF We are now taking applications to host the Language Policy Forum 2027, which will take place in mid-late April. We invite submissions from potential hosts, anywhere in Europe. To submit your applicati...

We are pleased to announce our Call for Hosts for the Language Policy Forum 2027. The event will take place sometime in April (to be agreed with the host). Submissions invited from potential hosts, anywhere in Europe. For details, click on the link below
sites.google.com/view/langpol...

BAAL Language Policy group Welcome to the Language Policy special interest group of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. The Language Policy (LP) SIG provides a forum to discuss, critically engage with, and research...

Are you working on language policy?

Do you like Spain?

Then apply for the Language Policy Forum 2026 in Spain!

22-23 April, @ucm.es

Venue details, plenary speakers, abstract deadline and submission form on our website: langpol.ac.uk. Go go go! 👇

📢 Hot Off the Press
🗓️Out Today – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Volume 46, Issue 6 (2025)
Explore the latest in global #language, #culture, and #identity research
📝 1 Introduction
📚 8 Research Articles
📖 1 Book Review
💬 1 Commentary paper
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmmm20/4...

EU considering official language status for Catalan, Basque and Galician Luke James, Brussels The Spanish government says it has made “great progress” towards making Catalan, Basque and Galician official languages of the European Union despite a final decision being delaye...

The Spanish government says it has made 'great progress' towards making Catalan, Basque and Galician official languages of the European Union despite a final decision being delayed ✍️ Luke James

EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language At least seven capitals have raised concerns over the costs and political implications of the move, which Sánchez links to defense spending.

The rejection of Catalan as an official language in Brussels stands to trigger a political crisis in Madrid.

🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdháta

Proofing this one (finally 🥳) for the forthcoming Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics volume “#Multilingualism” (Ed. Schwieter & Dewaele) with Charlotte Selleck

What is developmental language disorder (DLD) called in your language? This year's theme for DLD day is "You can't see DLD". How can we tell people or show people what it is in your language and in your community? #devlangdis #DLDday

At the #edtechinnovate event today in London. Super interesting to learn about the most recent debates about the future of #edtech and #AI

Call for candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics (English/Swedish), Language Preference and Proficiency of High-Functioning Individuals within Autism Spect...

Call for candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics (English/Swedish), Language Preference and Proficiency of High-Functioning Individuals within Autism Spectrum Disorder euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting... Deadline 9th June

The UK is not a single-language state. It’s time Starmer caught up Owen Williams When Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that “if you want to live in the UK, you should speak English,” he wasn’t just parroting a tired line about integration. He was exposing a deepe...

The UK is not a single-language state.

A powerful argument by @owswills.bsky.social for understanding and valuing multiculturalism.

nation.cymru/opinion/the-...

📚 New Open Access article!
How do French speakers in British Columbia navigate linguistic identity?
Marie-Eve Bouchard explores how legitimation—and delegitimation—shape experiences of linguistic (in)security within Francophone communities in our latest early view paper.

🔗 buff.ly/IhSbzns

Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation Visit the post for more.

We are hiring a dream team of doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows in applied sociolinguistics, education and related fields to work on "Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan" @uni-hamburg.de

www.languageonthemove.com/hiring-a-dre...

What about Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots?

requesting all our followers to post as much as you can on language policy so that we can repost it :)

The article title 'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' on a blue background.

'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' by @mishee54.bsky.social, Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, @jrkasstan.bsky.social & Norma Schifano argues for linguistics in the UK Mod Langs curriculum. Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-linguisitics @ciol-linguists.bsky.social

Russia uses "Pravda Alba" website to peddle disinformation in Gaelic -"easier for Russian disinformation to break through on search engines and in AI chatbots in languages such as Gaelic because they have much smaller online footprints" than bigger languages
scotland.news-pravda.com/scotland/202...

How to crip your sign language linguistic theory Abstract. The language practices and experiences of racially and ethnically minoritized users of signed languages have been largely ignored or marginalized

For @jmhenner.bsky.social. We — @savithry.bsky.social and I — wrote “How to crip your sign language linguistic theory”. Open access.

academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...

Grand Central Station: Irish language signs paused over legal action Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson lodges challenge over approval of £150,000 for Irish language signs at Belfast station.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welsh language: New five-year plan to meet Welsh government target The plan will focus on Welsh in the workplace, health and social care and children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Confs: From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration. Reinventing the Narratives of the Self and the World in Pluralistic European Societies

Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...

#CallforPapers | Sociolinguistica: European Journal of #Sociolinguistics is open for submissions!

Learn more and submit your paper 👉 www.degruyter.com/soci.

@dgb-linguistics.bsky.social

Irish language signage to be installed at Belfast station Irish language signage is set to be installed at the Grand Central Station in Belfast.

Irish language signage is set to be installed at the Grand Central Station in Belfast.

I have a new book review out, of "Language and social justice: Global perspectives." TLDR: social justice can mean lots of things, so language & social justice research works best when it defines the term & engages with literature on the topic.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📝 How to Get Published – A panel with editors from Language in Society & Journal of Sociolinguistics!

📅 May 8, 2025 | ⏰ 12–1 PM EDT | 💻 Online
🔎 Tips on peer review, editorial decisions & responding to reviewers.

ECR & PhD students encouraged to join!

🔗 Register by May 1: buff.ly/zWDc0H5

🏳️‍⚧️ Have you read any of the articles in our collection on trans language activism?

Discover them here:

Applications for the 2025 Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics are now open.
The full list of 14 different programmes (56 classes) is available here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education...

The Celtic Programme includes two classes by me about Ancient Celtic languages and Old Irish.

Comhairle na h-Eaglaise Brice gus co-dhùnadh air còmhdhail FtMG Coinnichidh Comhairle na h-Eaglaise Brice an-diugh le moladh air am beulaibh còmhdhail-sgoile do chloinn ann am foghlam Gàidhlig a ghearradh, ged a tha cuid de phàrantan is sgoilearan air draghan mòra...

Falkirk Council will be reported to the Scottish Government if it removes school transport for Gaelic pupils. Bòrd na Gaelic gave the warning as councillors vote today on the cut.

www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

This is the second event in our series
'Gaelic in Edinburgh: Past, Present and Future'. The other events will be held on 22 March, 31 May and 14 June.
Fàilte romhaibh uile - all welcome!
ionaddhuneideann.org/events/gaeli...