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Language learning

How the presence of a bilingual school changes the linguistic profile of a community

German International School Sydney It is one of the great narratives of our time that the market will fix everything. In education this means that parental choice is assumed to…
Language and law

How Judges Think About Language

(Image credit: Scott Graham on Unsplash) Judges are masters of applying the law, but how well do they truly understand the language they use? During a judgment-writing course in my…
Language in education

Refugee children left behind as eagle lands on the moon

Yesterday, the New York Times carried a heart-breaking story about an exceptional school principal forced from her position under No-Child-Left-Behind legislation in order for the school district to obtain federal…
Language in education
Turkish alphabetisation for German integration
Linguistic landscapes
Visit to Abrahamic Family House
Language learning
Learning another language at church?
English as a global language
The legitimate speaker
No Sex for Generation On-the-Move
Language and globalization
No Sex for Generation On-the-Move
Multilingual families
Giving children the gift of bilingualism