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Linguistic Diversity and Social Inclusion in Australia

Michael Clyne, Australia's Language Potential. UNSW Press, 2005. ***Update 03/10: Program and all details now available at http://languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-social-inclusion**** ***Update 25/09: RSVPs are now open. Attendance is free but you have…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 5, 2012

Saeed Rezaei at Macquarie University’s idyllic North Ryde campus

Research reflections

In interview: Saeed Rezaei

Saeed Rezaei at Macquarie University's idyllic North Ryde campus Saeed Rezaei is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. He will deliver a seminar about…

Language on the MoveAugust 31, 2012

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Sociolinguistics of identity in Iran

Languages of the Middle East (Source: The Gulf/2000 Project) The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Tuesday, September 04:…

Lg_on_the_moveAugust 29, 2012

Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video “How fair is fashion”

English as a global language

Illegitimate English

Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video "How fair is fashion?" The other day I watched a show about global textile production. How fair is fashion? by…

Ingrid PillerAugust 27, 2012

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Strengthening patient-doctor trust

Patient-doctor communication (Source: seniorreport.com) The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Tuesday, August 28: “Now let’s write a letter…

Lg_on_the_moveAugust 23, 2012

Language and migration

Postnatal depression and language proficiency

Postnatal depression (Source: rcpsych.ac.uk) Last week I was interviewed for a publication intended to showcase the achievements of women in research. When the interviewer, Meryl Hancock, asked me about the…

Ingrid PillerAugust 20, 2012

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Bilingual couples wanted

Bilingual Sydney-based couples wanted for research participation Researchers at Macquarie University are looking for bilingual couples and families to volunteer for a study on language, identity and culture. We are…

Hanna TorshAugust 17, 2012

Rising multicultural middle class

Plaque commemorating the work of migrants in the construction of the Mundaring Weir In response to my blog post about the disparity between educational qualifications and employment outcomes faced by…

Ingrid PillerAugust 15, 2012

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Books available for review

Books available for review in Discourse & Society The titles listed below are currently available for review in Discourse and Society. If you wish to volunteer to serve as a…

Ingrid PillerAugust 13, 2012

Human capital on the move

Average employment outcomes of the tertiary-educated (Source: Colic-Peisker 2011, p. 647) The labour market integration of migrants presents a persistent conundrum. The Australian story – as that of other migrant…

Ingrid PillerAugust 10, 2012

Multilingual families

English dominates at German camp in USA

Eierlaufen (egg-and-spoon race) at German Camp, USA My two daughters – whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the USA – have been going to German…

Christof Demont-HeinrichAugust 7, 2012

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Deep Roots for a Big Linguistics

Six blind men set out to discover the nature of an elephant The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on…

Lg_on_the_moveAugust 4, 2012

English as a global language

Race to teach English

Underneath the zipped Asian face a Western face emerges: an English school's ad in Bangkok (unrelated to the school in the blog post). Photo by Olan Sawangnuwatkul Thailand is seeing…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江August 1, 2012

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Michael Clyne Prize 2012

Dr Butorac (middle) and her supervisors, Prof Piller and Dr Takahashi The Language-on-the-Move team is delighted that the 2012 Michael Clyne Prize has been awarded to one of our supervision group, Dr…

Lg_on_the_moveJuly 30, 2012

Language learning

The power of Esperanto

Herzberg am Harz, the Esperanto City (Source: Der Spiegel) The rural Bavarian high school I attended in the late 70s and early 80s had two international exchanges going, one with…

Ingrid PillerJuly 26, 2012

Language and migration

Home is where I’m alienated*

Pakistani flour mill workers recovering from a near-fatal lung infection due to poor occupational health and safety conditions, West Ham Hospital, 1960s (Source: Qureshi 2012, p. 7) To be transnational…

Ingrid PillerJuly 24, 2012