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Language politics

Language month in the Philippines

(Image credit: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) August is celebrated in the Philippines as Buwan ng Wika (language month). This celebration began in 1946, shortly after the then Philippine President Manuel…
English propaganda creates blind spots
English as a global language

English propaganda creates blind spots

"Imported Teacher", the British Council's new campaign in Thailand As a language educator in Thailand my in-box is always full of invitations to conferences devoted to ASEAN and English language…
Language at work

Empowerment of Chinese Muslim women through Arabic?

Muslim women praying in a Minquan mosque While everyone knows that China is now the second largest economy in the world, few people realize that there are still over five…
Multilingual families
Free language choice?!
English as a global language
Is English improving lives in a remote Indonesian village?
Language in education
Children of the harvest: schooling, class and race
Language and law
Crucial communication: language management in Australian asylum interviews
Language in education
Educating Burmese migrant students in China
Language and social justice
Intercultural communication over coffee