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Intercultural communication

Intercultural communication at work: Poles in China

Poland in China (Artwork by the author) Intercultural communication at work in multinational companies (MNCs) is increasingly common. Workplace communication in MNCs can be highly complex, as is the case…
Language at work

The monolingual mindset goes to war

I can only speak Pashto ABC News yesterday broke a whistleblower report that US army interpreters deployed in Afghanistan often don’t speak the local languages. ABC News reports that up…
Language and globalization

A journey through Japan’s linguistic peripheries

“The Tosa dialect is fun!!” Notebook with characters representing the grammar of Tosaben, the dialect of the Kōchi prefecture in Shikoku. The cover also features popular landmarks of the prefecture.…
Language learning
Where is home?
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
How did Arabic get on that sign?
Multilingual families
English dominates at German camp in USA
Language and social justice
The cult of personal responsibility
Language and migration
The real problem with linguistic shirkers
English as a global language
The secret of successful intercultural communication