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Der Juan

@juaninglanguage.bsky.social
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After a hiatus in research, I am going back to academia in Hamburg Universität. Sociolinguistics, queer studies & migration. Colombian-German PhD student currently researching integration of Latinx nurses in Germany. 🌈

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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I came back here to recommend this conversation between @brynnquick.bsky.social & @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social on research that has a direct impact on the healthcare service we all receive and should care about! Thank you both for your service and efforts for equitable access!
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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Does institutional bilingual education just reinforce racial hierarchies? Find out from @brynnquick.bsky.social’s conversation with Nelson Flores on this very interesting @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast. ⬇️
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sunday Morning 🤓
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @nelsonlflores.bsky.social about bilingual education in the US, and why it's not the path to reducing disadvantage it is cracked up to be languageonthemove.com/genealogy-of...
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Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the US
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick sits down with Dr. Nelson Flores to discuss his 2024 book entitled Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Edu…
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 21/06/2026
NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social
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Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency
The New South Wales (NSW) Parliament is currently holding an inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025. The Bill proposes to establish a statutory human rights framework for NSW (for non-Australian r…
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Data collection phase started!!!
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In the light of @uni-hamburg.de ‘s renewed excellence status. Our LiDS department has a special invitation for you! ⬇️ Apply to participate in our international summer school in Hamburg! We look forward to welcoming you. www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung...
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"To junior scholars, this volume opens paths into research by presenting the value and importance of a long-term, coherent research agenda." Thanks to @jupurkarthofer.bsky.social & @languageinsociety.bsky.social for new review of "Life in a New Language" (@academic.oup.com) doi.org/10.1017/S004...
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
For most second language speakers, their foreign accent is a source of anxiety. Some turn to accent modification training. In the latest Language-on-the-Move post, Andrea Pešková provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of accent coaching. languageonthemove.com/how-i-worked...
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How I worked as a foreign accent coach
Human voice – between sound and identity I have always been fascinated by the human voice. When you speak on the phone with a stranger, it can reveal so much about them. You can often tell whether …
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Martin Serif Derince @martinderince.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Some media outlets cheered a recent decree by the transition government in Syria regarding Kurdish language without telling the larger context of colonial oppression. Here is a powerful and historically-aware account of what is going on in #Rojava / #Syrian
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So sad to hear about the passing of Deb Cameron! One of the brightest, most incisive and most fun voices in sociolinguistics. She will be sadly missed! If you want to honor her by re-reading some of her work, this old post is still worth a read: www.languageonthemove.com/language-lie...
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Language, lies and statistics
Every ten years the UK government conducts a census, which every British resident is obliged by law to take part in. The last one happened in 2011, and the results are now in the process of being r…
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Thanks to @languageonthemove.bsky.social for making these spaces a reality!
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the term “language shift”? What are the circumstances that lead to the extinction of a language, and how can we participate in its protection and survival? The @uni-hamburg.de invites you to the LiDS Lunch Lecture with Dr. Hannah Sarvasy
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Took @marakyrou.bsky.social for a coffee and reading in my neighborhood.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Today I attended the one lecture on opportunities and obstacles in the career entry for refugee professionals in Germany at @uni-hamburg.de There is still so much to be done and the structural hurdles that the country establishes benefits nor the labor force nor the people who are willing to work.
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#OTD 98 years ago, William Labov (1927-2024) was born 🥳 He was a pioneering sociolinguist studying language variation, dialectology, but also AAVE. In 1966, Labov published his landmark study "The Social Stratification of English in New York City". #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Yesterday at @uni-hamburg.de , we had the opportunity to see the result of a two-month analysis of literacy exams in Germany, resulting in the Language Skills and Self-Assessment - LiDS Lunch Lecture.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Apply to be a research assistant in Language Diversity! Only in Hamburg! @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social @martinderince.bsky.social @marakyrou.bsky.social @languageonthemove.bsky.social www.stellenwerk.de/hamburg/shkw...
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Introducing this week’s reading 🤗
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Today, watching the lecture Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation with Prof. Dr. Ingrid Piller. It’s inspiring to see where this work had led to not only the creation of responsible research communities but has also generated impact on the lives of participant and language perception.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Today marks a milestone in my professional career after 8 years of migration history behind me and constant life learnings. I presented my MAs thesis and opened the path to future research for my PhD at @uni-hamburg.de . Ready excited about what will come 🎩 @languageonthemove.bsky.social
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The time will come www.languageonthemove.com/how-to-manag...
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How to manage your supervisor
You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you’ve climbed to the top of a rollercoaster, and you look down to see that first huge drop that’s rapidly approaching? That’s exactly what it can…
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
@nicolemarinaro.bsky.social 🍎
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Life lately. Exciting new job ⚓️ and onboarding , wrapping up my MAs thesis, traveling, following my favorite musician, all in 4 days.
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
So sweet to discover that "Linguistic diversity and social justice" is part of someone's holiday memories 🤩
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
To ending eras and welcoming new beginnings ❤️💪
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Miren Gurutxe 🌹🌹🌹 🇵🇸 @mirentxu255.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Autumn afternoons
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
That moment when your theoretical framework gets a bit extended and for a second you forget what your topic is under so much abstraction 🫠
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
🤓 Meine Uni
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I just found a comment from my professor about one of my articles coming from a predatory website. It’s not like I had used that same article to form one of my core concepts in my theoretical framework 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Great news coming from South America! It’s still kind of sad that we have to commemorate people who stand for democracy and we still cannot take it for granted. We have a long way before us 💪
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I also purchased a subscription to @babelzine.bsky.social this week to change a bit of format. Let me know if you have an issue or article you recomend :)
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Today, it was time to reflect on intercultural care; sometimes, we are so engaged with the idea of mediating with the culture of the patient, while the caregiver seems overshadowed. It is not a matter of which is more important, but one to understand why some (caring) actions are taken for curing.
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If you are in Sydney on Dec 8, join us for a 1-day research symposium to explore new technologies in intercultural communication: how do migrants and international students use AI to manage life in a new country? how do language learners use social media? www.languageonthemove.com/event-new-te...
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Event: New Technologies in Intercultural Communication
You are invited to join us on Monday, December 08, at Macquarie University for a workshop to explore New Technologies in Intercultural Communication. Description: Digital technologies are in the pr…
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Lovely gifts for friends supporting my entry in the upcoming PhD student life.
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big global player unless we speak more languages
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Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer
For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
In case someone is feeling generous and wants to make a linguistics student happy. Here’s how:
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
At your service, for your memories.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As a non-programmer, this gave me hope to think about the possibility of approaching this field from my curious perspective on language development and how I might have a stronger base than I thought.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just learned about the Polish cemetery in Tehran: ~2,000 graves of WWII refugees. Families divided not only by displacement, but even in death — women who married Iranian men were buried separately due to religion.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate. This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.
The Problem of Writing Poems 
in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:
 
a comm n
pr ble  whe  writin
p ems in the shape of decid o s 
trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t
sti rings of  he new aut mn breeze,  he 
 oems will begi  to shake  hemselves
 ge tly  ntil their letters loos n
d 
like leaves, an   
they 
start                                    
to 
float 
down
then

[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Yuval-Davis was right about that weary feeling towards "belonging" when we stop taking it for granted. Especially as an immigrant in today's political weather.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Wishing to go back to those days in May.
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We need more of this 💪
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
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Allison Shapp, PhD @schwadevivre.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
What can we, as language scientists, be doing right now to combat the hateful (and incorrect) language ideology that the US government is pushing? Especially as a sociolinguist, I feel a duty/calling to spread the word and combat linguistic prejudice, but I'm not sure practically how to do so 🗣💬
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Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🎉Das #Wintersemester 2025/26 an der #FUBerlin hat offiziell begonnen! Für tausende Erstis ist es der Start in einen neuen Lebensabschnitt. Bei der zentralen Einführungsveranstaltung im HFB waren heute alle Plätze gefüllt. Wer jetzt einen Schreck bekommen hat: Die Vorlesungszeit beginnt am 13.10. 🤭
Foto: Studierende im Henry-Ford-Bau der Freien Universität Berlin Foto: Studierende im Audimax des Henry-Ford-Baus der FU Berlin
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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Beautiful Hamburg. My home. With a population of 1.862.565 people, 390.000 are immigrants, with the biggest groups being Türkiye and Ukraine.
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