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Naomi Fillmore

@naomifillmore.bsky.social
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(Re)imagining language in early education The educator has the duty of not being neutral 🍉 she/her On Kombumerri country orcid.org/0000-0002-1767-5173

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Whether the media describe childhood bilingualism as a gift or a problem depends on the identity of the children, as new research by @naomifillmore.bsky.social and @htorsh.bsky.social shows languageonthemove.com/childhood-bi...
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Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …
*** Naomi Fillmore, Hanna Torsh, Yanisa Jakklom *** Imagine four Australian children playing in a playground. Yu speaks Chinese and English, Jakob speaks Arabic and English, Molly, who is from the …
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New! Special issue of the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL), Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Learning, out now! Part 1 (of 2) includes papers on Yolŋu, Wiradyuri, Gumbaynggirr, Pitjantjatjara, Tiwi, Anindilyakwa, and Noongar benjamins.com/catalog/aral...
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Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Learning
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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 🧵
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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...
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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
Colourful speech bubbles on a blue background containing greetings in different languages: "KUMUSTA" (purple), "CIAO" (yellow), "HI" (pink), "BONJOUR" (green), "HEJ" (yellow), "HOLA" (purple), and "SALUT" (pink). Above the image, black text reads "In a multicultural country like ours, should speaking more than one language be the norm?" with the ABC logo.
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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...
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Celebrating First Nations Languages and Language Learning in Australia
This book introduces key underlying principles for teaching First Nations languages and language learners in schools across a range of contexts. It takes a
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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...
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Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia - Book Launch
Please join us to celebrate the publication of Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia (Palgrave Macmillan)
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Grammar 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.
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 01/08/2016
3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Learning an Indigenous Language as a Non-Native #indigenity #raciolx everydayfeminism.com/2016/07/learn-…
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3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Learning an Indigenous...
Learning a Native language isn’t as simple as you might t...
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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...
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Pathways to Teaching Global Languages: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications for Asian Language Teachers in Australian Schools
Despite formal commitments to improving the capability of young Australians in global languages by both state and federal governments over recent decades, the number of students learning languages rem...
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Pleased to present a small part of my Phd research today at #ALAA2024 in Lutruwita (Tasmania)
White woman with blonde hair and wearing a white top stands in front of a large screen. The screen shows a slide with a purple background and a title that reads "interrogating problematisations of language in Australian early education policy".
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Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her) @lhlew.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It'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.
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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🙃
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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXas
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
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...
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
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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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
What 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...
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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Finally made the move! Thanks to @qiyuegrace.bsky.social 😁
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