
Emily Farrell
566 posts

Emily Farrell
@emilyjfarrell
A continued dabbler in sociolinguistics. Open Research at T&F.











Life in a new language - it's been 20 years in the making and today we submitted the book manuscript!🎉 Explores the language learning and settlement trajectories of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 countries; data-sharing across 6 ethnographies; amazing co-authors 😍 1/4





Jane was orphaned by the war in Sudan. Still, she felt lucky that she had escaped to Uganda rather than Egypt because the English she learned there allowed her to find her feet quickly once she was resettled in Australia. 79/n #ISB14



International Symposium on Bilingualism #ISB14 will start @Macquarie_Uni in just over 2 weeks. So excited for an inspiring conference with old and new friends 😍 isb14.com



How do you maintain a strong parent-child bond when you are still struggling to learn English but your child is fast losing the heritage language? Ehsan from Iran was one of our participants who struggled with this problem, as her English relationships felt "artificial." 38/n



