Australia and Japan. His PhD thesis won the 2021 Michael Clyne Prize for the best thesis in immigrant bilingualism and language contact. Levi’s research explores the impacts that digital technology and transnational mobility have on language learning and use.

His upcoming book, to be published through Multilingual Matters in 2024, uses interviews and Instagram data to explore the impact of year-long study abroad programs on the language learning and identity of high school students.

Talk and Workshop details

Talk: Selective visibility: How language in public crafts the identity of our spaces (Yrs 9-12)

The public spaces in which we travel, shop, study, play and work are filled with language, yet is sometimes so ubiquitous that we don’t stop to ask who puts it all there and for what purpose? This talk introduces the concept of linguistic landscapes and their role in shaping both the identity of our public spaces, and how we see and act in those spaces. We will dig below the surface meaning of what is written, displayed and announced and ask questions about the effects that it has, who it includes and excludes and what it tells us about our communities. Coming away from this talk, you will have new tools for thinking about how language works and new insights into how we might use public spaces to rethink our communities.

Thurs 22 Feb : 9.30am - 10.15am

Fri 23 Feb : 9.30am - 10.15am