Language on the Move

English and ASEAN

English and ASEAN Ever since I arrived in Bangkok in 2011, I’ve being witnessing the amazing spread of English fever. At the national level, Thailand is wholeheartedly invested in the…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 3, 2012

Language learning Multilingual families

Linguistic extremism

I know some people think what I am doing with my daughters – speaking German to them one-hundred percent of the time even though German is a second language for…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 30, 2012

Linguistic landscapes

Pencils on the move

Sadly, my sabbatical is drawing to a close and one of the things to think about now is souvenirs. My sabbatical involved visits to Germany, Iran and the United Arab…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 26, 2012

News

Happy New Year!

Very best wishes for a happy, healthy and harmonious Year of the Dragon to all our readers! It is our new year's resolution here at Language-on-the-Move to continue to bring you…

Language on the MoveJanuary 22, 2012

Multilingual families

German-English vs. Spanish-English

I have frequently wondered how my experiences speaking German in public with my two daughters, 7, and 5, whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 21, 2012

Language at work

Money talks

Those of us in the broad area of TESOL often labor under the assumption of the invincibility of English hegemony. Whether they deplore it or exult in it, many people…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 17, 2012

News

The Language-on-the-Move team will be on leave until mid-January. During that time we will not be updating our research blog about intercultural communication, language learning and multilingualism nor our video…

Lg_on_the_moveDecember 18, 2011

Linguistic landscapes

English or Persian?

“What is the meaning of the choice of English in the slogan on this car?” That was one of the questions I asked the participants in the 2nd Language-on-the-Move Workshop…

Ingrid PillerDecember 13, 2011

English as a global language

The legitimate speaker

Mi-Cha Flubacher, Alfonso Del Percio and Alexandre Duchêne (Institute of Multilingualism, University/PH Fribourg), are inviting papers for the thematic session "The legitimate speaker in a transforming political economy" (Session ID…

Mi-Cha Flubacher and Shirley YeungDecember 13, 2011

Linguistic landscapes

Happy Birthday, UAE!

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating another National Day! And they are doing it in style! I was lucky to enter the country exactly on its 40th birthday and so…

Ingrid PillerDecember 5, 2011

Taking over the squares

Luisa Martín Rojo is inviting participants for a thematic session devoted to "Taking over the squares: the role of linguistic practices in contesting public spaces" at the 19th Sociolinguistics Symposium…

Luisa Martín RojoDecember 1, 2011

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…

Ingrid PillerNovember 25, 2011

News

Returning to Isfahan

According to a Persian saying Isfahan is nesf-e jahan (‘Half the World’). As some of our regular readers might recall, I visited ‘Half the World’ as part of the Language-on-the-Move…

Ingrid PillerNovember 23, 2011

Multilingual families

Cost of monolingualism: $254,000

American society places little value on meaningful multilingualism for young people, or for adults for that matter. Nowhere is this lack of valuation more apparent than in the U.S. public…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 23, 2011

Multilingual families

Hanging on to German in the USA

I wasn’t sure of the best way to enter the Language-on-the-Move community. I’ve decided simply to start by telling you a little bit about me and my ongoing quest to…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 16, 2011

Intercultural communication

مردها، زبان انگلیسی و رومانسِ بین المللی

Persian version of Lachlan Jackson's award-winning blog post about interlingual relationships. Translated by مطهره سامری (Motahare Sameri) "وقتی پای عشق به میان می آید ژاپنی ها محبوب ترین موجودات روی کره ی…

Vahid ParvareshNovember 15, 2011

English and ASEAN

Linguistic extremism

Pencils on the move

Happy New Year!

German-English vs. Spanish-English

Money talks

On leave

English or Persian?

The legitimate speaker

Happy Birthday, UAE!

Language costs

Returning to Isfahan

Cost of monolingualism: $254,000

Hanging on to German in the USA

مردها، زبان انگلیسی و رومانسِ بین المللی

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