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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

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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

Multilingual families

Giving children the gift of bilingualism

Livia Gerber has just completed her Master of Research thesis entitled “We really believe that we have given our children a gift”: Discourses on bilingual child-rearing in an online parenting…

Livia GerberFebruary 18, 2016

Language in education

Child language brokering

Alex spent a stimulating summer centered on child multilingualism away from the leafy Macquarie campus Macquarie University campus seemed to sleep in the summer sun once the semester ended last…

Alexandra GreyFebruary 16, 2016

Intercultural communication

Alles in Ordnung? Reflections on German order

"Sauberkeit" ("cleanliness") - another of those key cultural concepts Everyone who has learned a second language will have noticed that certain words and expressions cannot be translated easily from one…

Rahel CramerFebruary 10, 2016

Language and migration

Australian Perspectives on “Language and Migration”

Language and migration: the workshop presenters and organizers On December 11th, Ingrid Piller (Macquarie University) and Donna Butorac (Curtin University), organised a workshop on Language and Migration for the 2015…

Donna ButoracFebruary 3, 2016

Intercultural communication

Ways of seeing

January 26, Australia Day: whether you are celebrating depends on your perspective (Source: news.com.au) Here in Australia we celebrated our national holiday yesterday. Australia Day marks the end of the…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 27, 2016

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