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Never let your schooling interfere with your education.

Scar (@scar_poetry) on Threads Were you punished for speaking your mother tongue? How do we unlearn the shame and pain we were taught to associate our local languages with? Are you making an intentional effort to now learn that lan...

Punished for speaking your mother tongue. #poetry (2025-07-16) www.threads.com/@scar_poetry...

a little girl is laughing and crying while wearing a tie and a bow . ALT: a little girl is laughing and crying while wearing a tie and a bow .

Just found out that my working paper has been cited once!! Shouldn't the academic gods email you when this happens??

'I can't say my own name': The pain of language loss in families (2023-06-13)

What is this world. Not a question. Sigh.

...learning, teaching, and collectively working through the trauma of being laughed at 🥲 (2020~)

Why Decolonisation Starts With Reclaiming Language Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o on the importance of te reo Māori and why he's on the warpath against the word 'tribe'.

Why #Decolonisation Starts With Reclaiming Language | Makanaka Tuwe (2018-06-07)

I grew up not knowing my African heritage. But now I feel a calling | Florence Boafo From Black Panther to Black Lives Matter, I’ve felt a new sense of identity and pride, that I will pass on to my children, says Florence Boafo

I grew up not knowing my African #heritage. But now I feel a calling | Florence Boafo (2020-10-13)

'I feel like a child': The challenges and rewards of learning your family's language You might know the word for 'hello' in your family's language if you've grown up speaking it at home, but do you know the word for 'policy'? Angelique Lu on what it's like to go back to study Vietname...

Why learning your mother tongue as an adult is equal parts frustrating and rewarding #heritage (2020-12-25)

Shame, Language, and Identity Children are quick learners. They gravitate toward the things that they perceive to be more valuable than to others around them. They logically pursue the options that promise rewards, gratification,

#Shame, Language, and Identity (2017-01-08)

The Shame of Forgetting My Mother Tongue I've forgotten my mother tongue and I feel like a different person when I switch languages. I thought I was a freak. Then I discovered these things are common.

#Shame (2020~)

Growing up I didn't speak my own language, and it made me feel ashamed | Angelina Joshua There are only three people fluent in the Indigenous language Marra – this is my inspiration to spread the word and keep our languages strong

"Growing up I didn't speak my own language, and it made me feel ashamed" | #Shame (2016-10-11)

When we were all serious about learning #Yoruba on Club House during lockdown (2021-01-17)

Cultural shame of speaking our languages – in Africa and the diaspora I was recently reading a work by Ngugi wa Thiong’o – Decolonizing the Mind: the politics of language in African Literature, an account written in 1986 as part of a collection of essays. In th…

#Shame (2019-10-13)

'When my name was butchered at school it made me feel different' - BBC News Yewande Biala has spoken about how mispronunciations of her name affect her, and other women agree.

"When my name was butchered at school it made me feel different" ##Yoruba (2021-01-31)

Yewande Biala: Mispronouncing people’s names is another form of racism My name is important – and pronouncing it correctly is key to my identity

"My name is Yewande" #Yoruba (2021-01-26)

YouTube video by CultureTree ÀWÒRÁN - A Yoruba Heritage Mural Film

Àwòrán - A #Yoruba Heritage Mural Film about Culture Tree's project in Southwark Borough, London. (2024-04-23)

Meet the young British Nigerians who are taking Yoruba language lessons - Lacuna Magazine In the diaspora, students with Nigerian heritage are retracing their roots with Yoruba language classes. The lessons aim to inspire confidence about a culture and heritage that might otherwise feel be...

In the diaspora, students with Nigerian heritage are retracing their roots with #Yoruba language classes. @lacunamagazine.bsky.social (2023-11-14)

Presentations, conversations, and fellowship at the BHY Researchers Network's inaugural conference: Amplifying Black Scholarship 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

From Swahili to Yoruba, African communities in the UK are keeping their languages alive With the help of cultural groups, apps and dedicated YouTube channels, a growing number of people are learning the mother tongues of their families

From Swahili to #Yoruba, UK African communities are keeping their languages alive @hyphenonline.com

We're delighted to announce that the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship will run for a third consecutive year, in partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social

Applications are open from 1st September 2025 to 1st October 2025.

Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

The intersectionality wars When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.

Going back to this one again...by @janecoaston.bsky.social at @vox.com

Language Teacher Well Being Project (May - June 2025) You have received this link because you are a language teacher (e.g., ESL/EFL or World Languages). You are being invited to take part in a research project about your psychological and social experien...

Calling all language teachers (EFL/ESL or LOTEs). We are investigating language teachers' wellbeing and how it has changed since the pandemic. If you have time, we would be grateful if you could please help by completing the survey and sharing in your networks! Thank you.
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Learning a second language as an adult can be hard — but it's not impossible : Short Wave Becoming fluent in a second language is difficult. But for adults, is it impossible? Science says no. In this encore episode, Short Wave host Emily Kwong dissects the "critical period hypothesis," a t...

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Well worth the schlep across London on the central line at rush hour to be inspired by Sara Ahmed.

Harvard says Trump administration’s block on international student enrollment ‘unlawful’ – US politics live In a major escalation between Trump and Harvard, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem says move to halt enrollment should ‘serve as a warning’

🤢 🤮 Harvard says Trump administration’s block on international student enrollment ‘unlawful’ – US politics live