Language on the Move

Language and globalization

Have we just seen the beginning of the end of English?

One way of looking at the outcome of the British referendum is to understand it as an act of self-sabotage: "...and in the end, Britain, which had colonized the world,…

Ingrid PillerJune 25, 2016

Language in education

How to solve Australia’s language learning crisis

Demand action from our politicians to make a LOTE compulsory! The state of language learning in Australian schools is dire. This weekend the Sydney Morning Herald carried an article entitled “Why students are…

Ingrid PillerJune 15, 2016

News

#7 Top Language Professional Blog 2016

Thank you for voting Language on the Move #7 Top Language Professional Blog 2016! 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 Celebrate with us by re-reading your favorite Language on the Move posts! Here is a list…

Lg_on_the_moveJune 10, 2016

Language in education

Why does English spread in global academia?

The Linguistic Ethnography Forum’s e-seminar devoted to Ingrid Piller’s recent book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics is currently running. Some discussions so far are concerned…

Jinhyun ChoJune 5, 2016

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2016 Top Language Professional Blogs competition

We are excited to have been selected as a 2016 Top 100 Language Professional Blog by the Language Lovers at Lexiophiles and bab.la. If you enjoy Language on the Move, please do…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 20, 2016

Language in education

Do monolingual teachers produce a Golem effect in multilingual students?

Teacher expectations produce self-fulfilling prophecies in student performance: high teacher expectations result in students’ higher academic performance and low teacher expectations result in students’ lower academic performance. The positive effect…

Ingrid PillerMay 11, 2016

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Invitation to e-seminar “Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice”

The Linguistic Ethnography Forum will host a free e-seminar devoted to Ingrid Piller’s new book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics. Please join us for this…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 4, 2016

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Multilingual histories

Portrait of a linguistic shirker

I recently pointed out that the widespread belief that migrants refuse to learn the language of their new country does not stack up against the realities of adult language learning.…

Ingrid PillerApril 28, 2016

Language and migration

Cleaning work: a stepping-stone or a dead-end job for migrants?

Kifibin’s workplace was a big event centre, which was open to the public only once a week Let me at once introduce you to the main character of this blog…

Maiju StrommerApril 13, 2016

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Language in education

The language that cannot speak its name

Albanian-Greek border crossing at Kakavijë (Source: greece.com) Our understanding of the role of language in social life suffers from a particularly intractable problem: the terms we use to speak about…

Ingrid PillerApril 6, 2016

Language and migration

The real problem with linguistic shirkers

Asylum seekers practicing German (Source: Schwaebische.de) Germany has discovered a new social type that is causing grief in modern diverse societies: the “Integrationsverweigerer;” literally someone who refuses to integrate, a…

Ingrid PillerMarch 30, 2016

News

Linguistic diversity and social justice out now

Ingrid Piller, Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice, Oxford University Press, March 2016 Oxford University Press has just released Ingrid Piller’s new book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to…

Lg_on_the_moveMarch 23, 2016

Language and law

Crucial communication: language management in Australian asylum interviews

Asylum seekers in Australia face a few very public hurdles. Successive governments have used increasingly restrictive refugee policies to gain votes. Meanwhile, the media often focuses on the issue of…

Laura Smith-KhanMarch 15, 2016

Intercultural communication

Temples helping heritage language maintenance in Australia

Murugan Temple, Colombo (Source: Andy Nobes) Do you know which non-Christian religion has grown the fastest in Australia since the new millennium? You might be surprised to hear that it’s…

Niru PereraMarch 9, 2016

Multilingual histories

Herder: an explainer for linguists

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) Some contemporary sociolinguists love to hate an 18th century educator, philosopher, theologian, translator and general polymath by the name of Herder. Hardly a week goes by…

Ingrid PillerMarch 4, 2016

Language in education

Language learning challenges of overseas students

Grace Chu-Lin Chang has completed her PhD thesis entitled “Language learning, academic achievement, and overseas experience: A sociolinguistic study of Taiwanese students in Australian higher education”. The thesis is now available…

Grace Chu-Lin ChangFebruary 23, 2016