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Language and social justice

Language Barriers to Social Participation

When Yu Qi (not her real name) discovered her son was falling behind in school, she had no way of finding out why or how she could support him. After…
English as a global language

Minority languages on the rise?

LI Jia and LV Yong, Yunnan University ***  Editor’s note: There is a Chinese saying that two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠赛过一个诸葛亮). This proverb emphasizes both collective wisdom and the…
Intercultural communication

Total immersion

I am currently a visiting scholar from Isfahan, Iran, in Sydney, Australia. Therefore, I speak English most of the time. I use English with my colleagues at work although, interestingly,…
Language politics
The politics of subtitling
Language and migration
Australian Perspectives on “Language and Migration”
Language and globalization
Dreams vs. realities in English
Reza's well-used Japanese-Persian and English-Persian dictionaries
Multilingual families
A tale of two foreigners in Japan
Language learning
Language learning through public speaking
The front cover of the tourist map of multilingual Macau
Linguistic landscapes
Multilingual Macau