Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Indigenous Yaakthung. Past: Tribhuvan University, Nepal & the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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I propose and discuss decolonial language awareness (DLA) as a framework for understanding and countering the erasure of Indigenous languages in the context of textual modernity.
Decolonial language awareness: a land-centred lens for confronting Indigenous language erasure. With Yaakthung youth in Nepal, it shows how land-based learning helps reclaim knowledge, disrupt dominant ideologies, and make space for Indigenous ways of languaging. Abs.=Nepali
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Decolonial language awareness: a land-centred lens for confronting Indigenous language erasure. With Yaakthung youth in Nepal, it shows how land-based learning helps reclaim knowledge, disrupt dominant ideologies, and make space for Indigenous ways of languaging. Abs.=Nepali
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Developing decolonial language awareness: an exploration of Indigenous countertexts and youth... - goo.gl/scholar/3XqFnf #ScholarAlerts
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Conceptual framework of translanguaging in mediated action: The case of #Bilingualparenting on social media - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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📖✨Join us for a hybrid book talk on Time in Education Policy Transfer by Gita Steiner-Khamsi. 🗓 15 Sept 2025 | 16:00–17:15 CEST (10:00–11:15 EST) Organized by @NORRAG with @KIXEMAP, @TeachersCollege & @GVAGrad 🔗 Register: buff.ly/bFG4QZM
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I’ll be stepping into the role of Dean of International at the Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University. Always open to new partnerships - feel free to reach out! @CurtinH @CurtinUni
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📚New article in @CERJournal “Public Schooling and Linguistic Diversity in Nepal” by Prem Phyak & Peshal Khanal. @premphyak English-medium “model schools” may deepen inequalities and erase local languages. @TeachersCollege Read more: tc.columbia.edu/internationa… #Nepal #education
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Nice surprise today—received the proofs for my chapter, “Whatever you do, don't give up!”: A Scottish Gael’s Language Reclamation Journey, which will appear in Untold Autoethnographic Stories of (In)Justice, Teaching, and Scholarship, edited by Ari Sherris and Joy Peyton.
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[please share] University College London is advertising a Lectureship in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Language Teaching and Technology. You can find more details about the role here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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APRIL MOST READ ARTICLES #1 "Looking back – Looking ahead" by Susan Ehrlich, Tommaso M. Milani doi.org/10.1017/S00474045250…
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Looking forward to our opening plenary session with Ofelia Garcia, Li Wei & Zhu Hua - all in person next week at the University of Warsaw! Huge thanks to Piotr Romanowski for making this happen! Brilliant program lined up — can’t wait!
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