Language on the Move

The cult of personal responsibility

Ads for a campaign to speak German are currently all over Germany. The campaign is called “Ich spreche Deutsch” (I speak German) and aims to convince migrant youths to learn…

Ingrid PillerJuly 20, 2011

Multilingual histories

Intercultural communication and imperialism

Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986) Many people tend to think that multilingual and intercultural communication skills are not only useful skills to have but are also somehow morally superior. Multilingual…

Ingrid PillerJuly 16, 2011

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…

Ingrid PillerJuly 14, 2011

News

Participants Wanted! | 参加者大募集

We are currently looking for transnational people with a connection to Japan and Australia to participate in our project, Japanese on the Move: Life Stories of Transmigration. Funded by the…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 13, 2011

News

Book launch | Live broadcasting on August 02 2011

We will be broadcasting Ingrid Piller’s book launch live on Tuesday 02 August from 4:30pm Sydney time right here at Language on the Move! You can also join us on…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 12, 2011

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PhD scholarships in Applied Linguistics

Two Macquarie University PhD scholarships (MQRES) are available in the Department of Linguistics associated with the AMEP Longitudinal Study 2011-2014. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has contracted Macquarie…

Ingrid PillerJuly 11, 2011

English as a global language

Language consumption and mobility

In the past thirty years, Iran’s population has exploded from about 40 million to more than 72 million. Such rapid growth has resulted in the vast majority of the population…

Vahid ParvareshJuly 4, 2011

Language learning

Tyranny of Poverty

Pakistan Swat Valley 2009 Ingrid briefly mentioned Zubeida Mustafa’s new book Tyranny of Language in Education: The Problem and its solution recently. Since then, we’ve had numerous enquiries about the…

Muhammad Ali KhanJuly 1, 2011

Language at work

Not knowing English good for business?

Japanese stop sign The current global orthodoxy holds that learning English is good: individuals who know English are supposed to have an advantage in the job market and countries with…

Ingrid PillerJune 27, 2011

ظلم زبان

Persian translation of my recent post about the tyranny of language and inclusive linguistic practices. Translated by Manouchehr Kouhestani. همکار ما در کراچی، محمد علی خان، مرا از وجود کتابی…

Ingrid PillerJune 23, 2011

Tyranny of Language

Our contributor in Karachi, Md. Ali Khan, has alerted me to what seems to be a fascinating book: The Tyranny of Language in Education by Zubeida Mustafa published by Ushba…

Ingrid PillerJune 20, 2011

Intercultural communication

Desire to know more

Intercultural Communication by Ingrid Piller I recently moved to Bangkok to take up a position as Lecturer at the Graduate School of English (GSE) at Assumption University of Thailand. Established…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江June 14, 2011

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Job opportunities: Applied Linguistics Researchers

The Faculty of Human Sciences at Macquarie University invites applications for the positions of Researcher and Project Manager in Applied Linguistics to work on a DIAC-funded longitudinal research project. It…

Ingrid PillerJune 6, 2011

Language and migration

Patriots and traitors

Much of my work in recent years around language learning and migrant settlement has questioned the straightforward link between language learning and settlement success. Policy makers as well as migrants…

Ingrid PillerJune 6, 2011

Multilingual histories

Language revitalization and liberation

Futenma Airbase, right in the middle of the city I’ve recently come across the story of Chibana Shoichi, who burnt the Japanese flag in 1987 to commemorate the Okinawan victims…

Ingrid PillerJune 2, 2011

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Top 10 Language Professionals Blogs

Language-on-the-Move was voted #8 Language Professional Blog in the Lexiophiles Language Lovers Competition. Thank you, everyone! We are very pleased and inspired to keep working even harder to make Language-on-the-Move…

Lg_on_the_moveJune 2, 2011