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English as a global language

Music on the Move

Carnatic singer Prema Anandakrishnan and her accompanists performing for the monthly Sydney Music Circle concert An important element of language relates to its aesthetic use, in other words, how we…
Language at work

Language and the stratification of restaurant labour

Different languages for different jobs in this Los Angeles restaurant Are there language requirements for working in restaurants in Los Angeles? These two employment signs that I saw in the…
Language at work

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

English-speaking countries have a poor track record when it comes to language learning. Educators in Australia, the UK and the USA regularly bemoan that fact and call for a change…
Language at work
Money talks
Language and globalization
Does internationalization change research content?
Language in Australia
Heritage language education in Australia and Sweden
Language and law
No Justice Without Language Rights
Welcome-to-the-US
Language learning
Linguistic extremism
Reza's well-used Japanese-Persian and English-Persian dictionaries
Multilingual families
A tale of two foreigners in Japan