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Intercultural communication

Intercultural Communication Training for Translators

"A translator's profession can never only entail rendering meaning from one language to another but always involves translating from one culture to another" (www.pictllp.eu/) The ever-more globalised world of today…
Language and migration

Bilingualism is good for you! … if you are a girl …

Bilingualism has a gender A while ago, I reported on the findings of a US study that demonstrated that children of immigrants who achieve high-level bilingual proficiency in both English…
Linguistic landscapes

Happy Birthday, UAE!

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating another National Day! And they are doing it in style! I was lucky to enter the country exactly on its 40th birthday and so…
Language and migration
Scholarly sisterhood: Collaboration is our academic superpower
Language and social justice
Is speaking English a civic duty?
Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction (Piller, 2011)
Intercultural communication
Desire to know more
H.I.S Open Forum on Linguistic Diversity and Tourism Report
Language and tourism
H.I.S. Research and Industry Forum on Linguistic Diversity and Tourism in Amazing Thailand
Language and law
Guidelines for communicating rights to non-native speakers of English
Toiletological English
Linguistic landscapes
Toiletological English