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Language and social justice

Many tongues instead of one!

I was so grateful to read Ingrid Piller’s in-depth critical post on German language politics, where she offered a profound analysis of the assumptions underlying the campaign “Ich spreche Deutsch”.…
Language costs
Language at work

Language costs

USD 254,000: that is the cost of raising two children bilingually in English and German in Denver, Colorado. That’s a lot of money, and inspired me to do some number-crunching…
Intercultural communication

Exclusion on campus

If you google images for "study abroad," you get many pictures of inclusive-looking racially-diverse groups of people such as this one. A persistent theme in research with international students in…
Linguistic discrimination at work
Language at work
Linguistic discrimination at work
Language and migration
Multiculturalism, linguistic diversity, and citizenship testing
Intercultural communication
Literacy and the differential value of knowledge
Intercultural communication students at Hong Kong University
Intercultural communication
Conversations in Hong Kong
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Linguistic diversity as a bureaucratic challenge
Language in education
Long-term English language learners