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Language learning

Competing Visions of the Global Promotion of Mandarin

Editor's note: Language learning and teaching is rarely about language alone. Sometimes, it is about making a political statement and taking a soft power approach, as Jeffrey Gil and Minglei…
Multilingual histories

Pronunciation: A Matter of Life and Death

Translation of Christoph Gutknecht, “Codewort Schibboleth”, originally published in Jüdische Allgemeine, July 07, 2011 Each time I visit France and have breakfast there, I am reminded of Goethe. In his…
Language and migration

Multiculturalism, linguistic diversity, and citizenship testing

Miriam's mother arrived as a refugee in New Zealand in 1939. She still remembers the kindness her family was shown. Like many other Western countries, Australia is currently grappling with…
Intercultural communication
Polish cemetery in Tehran
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Gestures and Emblems
Language and migration
Language and migration in Parramatta
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Language Rights in a Changing China
Language and social justice
Language across three generations of Hani minority women
Language and globalization
How do language barriers come about?