Dr. Anne Reath Warren, Uppsala University, Sweden Since the Home Language Reform in 1977, primary and secondary school students in Sweden who regularly use a language other than Swedish at home can apply to study that language through an elective subject called “Mother Tongue” (Reath Warren, 2022). In the academic year 2025/26, 28,9% of students in the compulsory school (Grades K-9) were eligible for “Mother Tongue” and approximately 187 languages were taught through the subj

In these podcast episodes, Dan, Minlu, and Linh, three international TESOL teacher educators, move beyond pedagogy to talk about their own lived experiences. They explore the questions that quietly accompany many multilingual professionals working in Australia and around the world.

Mobina: Thank you so much again for joining me today for the Leveraging Languages for Learning interview series. In your research, you argue that current discussions of multilingualism and translanguaging are often framed through Western academic theories. What first led you to think about language and knowledge beyond these traditions? And what might we learn by placing these ideas in conversation with other intellectual traditions, such as from the Global South?