Language Tensions Podcast
Where the messiness of language meets a good conversation.
Language Tensions Podcast
Latest Episodes
Language and Assessment Tensions
In this episode, Dr. Constant Leung and Dr. Wayne Au critically examine standardized testing and assessment systems, focusing on their historical roots and ongoing role in reinforcing inequalities related to race, class, and language in England...
Language and Race Tensions
In this episode, Dr. Tasha Austin and Dr. JPB Gerald explore how raciolinguistic perspectives reveal links between language, race, and identity. It examines linguistic pushout, colonial power, and barriers shaped by race and class. The hosts qu...
Language and AI Tensions
In this episode, Prof. Li Wei and Dr. Rebecca Curinga contrast human languaging, which is embodied, social, and multilingual, with AI language, which is patterned and disembodied. It highlights translanguaging, creativity, and identity, while r...