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Language at work

Accountants as language workers

It is probably the least intuitive way of describing accountants, but these number-crunchers are, in fact, also language workers. This part of their professional identity is largely hidden for at…
Language learning

The dark side of TESOL

The latest issue of Cross-Cultural Studies (published by the Center for Cross Cultural Studies, Kyung Hee University, Korea) includes an article about the dark side of TESOL authored by Ingrid Piller,…
Language and social justice

Tyranny of Language

Our contributor in Karachi, Md. Ali Khan, has alerted me to what seems to be a fascinating book: The Tyranny of Language in Education by Zubeida Mustafa published by Ushba…
Intercultural communication
Bilingual double vision
Language and law
Linguistic Inclusion in Public Health Communications
Multilingual histories
Accent and history
Linguistic landscapes
The magic of English
Language and migration
Superdiversity: another Eurocentric idea?
Language in education
Schooling challenges of multilingual children