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Multilingual histories

Portrait of a linguistic shirker

I recently pointed out that the widespread belief that migrants refuse to learn the language of their new country does not stack up against the realities of adult language learning.…
Multilingual families

English dominates at German camp in USA

Eierlaufen (egg-and-spoon race) at German Camp, USA My two daughters – whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the USA – have been going to German…
Cabramatta, NSW, Australia
Language in Australia

Beyond Harmony Day

Cabramatta, Australia Last week an email was sent around my office about our upcoming Harmony Day celebration on 21 March. The email suggested that to mark the occasion, interested staff could…
Language in education
How to solve Australia’s language learning crisis
Migrant children studying in a Brazilian school in Japan (Source: Japan Times)
Language in education
Educational outcomes of migrant children
Language at work
Accountants as language workers
English as a global language
Barbarous multilingual devil worshippers
English as a global language
Glocalization à la Suisse
Language and social justice
Auslan in Australia: Fighting for a Voice