Naomi Fillmore
(Re)imagining language in early education
The educator has the duty of not being neutral 🍉 she/her
On Kombumerri country
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- New publication alert! Out article 'Big Impact or No Advantage? Raciolinguistic Framings in Australian Media Coverage of Young People's Multilingualism' is now available in early online view in the Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social 🧵
- @htorsh.bsky.social Yanisa Jakklom and I analysed 85 Australian news articles and found a troubling double standard: when White monolingual children learn languages, it's celebrated as 'competitive advantage'. When racialised children are already multilingual, it's framed as deficit or threat.
- Same linguistic practice, completely different framing: raciolinguistics in action in Australian media. This matters because media framings shape public perceptions and policy, with real consequences for multilingual children, families and communities.
- Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Our new research on Indigenous research capability just published in @herdjournal.bsky.social We reviewed what constitutes and how researchers can develop cultural capability for ethical Indigenous research in Australia. Read it open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
- Researcher cultural capability for Indigenous research: a meta-narrative review @naomifillmore.bsky.social, Marnee Shay, Grace Sarra & Susan Danby Open access → doi.org/10.1080/0729... #IndigenousResearch #Researchers #HigherEd #CulturalCapability
- The ABC asking "should speaking more than one language be the norm?" 🤦🏼♀️ 25% of Australians already speak languages other than English, 50% are born or have parent born overseas. In these homes and communities speaking more than one language IS the norm. 1/3
- So what this question is really asking is: "Should white, English-speaking Australians learn other languages?" white monolingualism remains the unmarked "norm" & existing linguistic, cultural and racial diversity is rendered invisible. 2/3
- @htorsh.bsky.social and I are working on a project examining exactly these raciolinguistic, monoglossic ideologies in Australian media coverage. Every day we find new examples! Read the comment section if you dare 😅 www.facebook.com/share/19Amis... 3/3
- Our new chapter on teaching First Nations languages in Queensland schools is out! It explores how recent policy developments here are creating space for communities and practitioners to teach First Nations languages in schools. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
- Co-authored with Des Crump, Larena Thompson & Samantha Disbray, it's part of "Celebrating First Nations Languages and Language Learning in Australian Schools" - a brilliant collection showcasing advocacy & innovation across generations and contexts. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
- Please join us to celebrate the publication of Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia on 28 March 2025 3:00pm–4:30pm. Featuring a chapter on Asian language teacher pathways by myself and UQ co-authors. Register here: languages-cultures.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...
- Must read:
- Jonathan Rosa and I had the amazing opportunity to work with an undergraduate student and a high school student to "translate" our "Undoing Appropriateness" article for high school students. The final product is available for free here: demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
- Reposted by Naomi FillmoreGrammar is not the “rules” you were taught in school. It’s what your brain does to make sense of the linguistic input it’s exposed to. The “rules” you were taught are a hidden curriculum designed to maintain a social hierarchy. Before you learned them, you were already an expert at your language.
- Reposted by Naomi Fillmore3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Learning an Indigenous Language as a Non-Native #indigenity #raciolx everydayfeminism.com/2016/07/learn-indig…
- Also out today! A new chapter with UQ colleagues titled "Pathways to Teaching Global Languages: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications for Asian Language Teachers in Australian Schools" 📚 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
- Pleased to present a small part of my Phd research today at #ALAA2024 in Lutruwita (Tasmania)
- Reposted by Naomi FillmoreIt's annoying that this is framed as a 'discovery'. And a recent one. This is just true, and has been true for a very long time.
- Errors by international students in their academic writing might reflect not a poor grasp of English but rather a legitimate use of new versions of the language, according to researchers #AcademicSky #highered
- Just saw a large intl dev org releasing a set of "high-quality, culturally relevant educational materials" for "young children learning to read" in the "Asia and Pacific" region.... ALL the materials are in English🫠 Who's going to tell them there are over 3,000 languages across Asia and the Pacific🙃
- Reposted by Naomi FillmoreI made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXasat://did:plc:uxxoruc2b7oe466prwrxnsj6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbbms6autd2e
- Pleased to have contributed to a new resource for the CoE for the Digital Child - The Digital Child Ethics Toolkit is a practical guide to ethical considerations for Digital Childhoods Research across contexts, methods, and cohorts 📚🌐👶Find it here: doi.org/10.26187/k90...
- Kicking off the new year with some exciting news—I've joined the editorial board of the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics! Looking forward to working alongside some incredible scholars and contributing to this important journal. Check out the latest updates at benjamins.com/catalog/aral
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- Reposted by Naomi FillmoreWhat does linguistic inclusion mean today, as ever-increasing linguistic diversity clashes with the continued monolingual hegemony of English? Exciting 1-day workshop on Dec 14 @mqlinguistics - register now for free attendance www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-i...
