Language on the Move

Language learning

Warning: Global English may harm your mental health

About ten years ago an overseas student from South Korea who was about to fail a unit I was teaching left a suicide note under my office door. She described…

Ingrid PillerMarch 16, 2010

English as a global language

Child pornography and English language learning

“Child pornography and English language learning”?! Could there be a connection?! Difficult to believe but true - I’m referring to a best selling English phrase book for Japanese high school…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江March 8, 2010

Research reflections

Book reviewing and academic freedom

I have served as book review editor for Discourse and Society for ten years and recently resigned from my roles as book review editor for Discourse Studies and Discourse and…

Ingrid PillerMarch 1, 2010

Language in Australia

Push for multi-lingual mindset

Listen to Ingrid Piller speaking about multilingualism and monolingualism in the tourism industry on ABC radio’s PM show.

Language on the MoveFebruary 27, 2010

News

Finalist for the best social sciences blog 2010

Our blog is a finalist for the Research Blogging Awards 2010 in the Social Sciences or Anthropology category! We are so proud to have been short-listed, particularly as we really…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 27, 2010

Language at work

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

English-speaking countries have a poor track record when it comes to language learning. Educators in Australia, the UK and the USA regularly bemoan that fact and call for a change…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 21, 2010

Language at work

Foreign nurses face the Kanji hurdle

Japan’s aging population and the growing number of young Japanese shunning ‘3D’ jobs (dirty, dangerous and demanding) has resulted in an increasing demand for foreign nurses and eldercare workers. In…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 17, 2010

News

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

Must-read post by Dennis Baron over at the Web of Language! A US university student who majors in Middle Eastern Studies was detained at Philadelphia Airport for carrying Arabic language…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 13, 2010

Intercultural communication

“We not ship to Russia”

I went onto e-bay this weekend and, instead of the gadget I was after, found some non-standard uses of English negation: “We not ship to Russia” or “We not use…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 10, 2010

Language in Australia

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

National holidays are there to celebrate the nation and the opinion pages tend to be full of self-congratulation on such occasions. Australia is no exception and one of the more…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 3, 2010

News

Ingrid Piller returns to Macquarie University

Ingrid Piller, one of the founders of Language on the Move, has returned to Macquarie University from her year at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In first…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 1, 2010

Language at work

Linguistic discrimination at work

Deborah Cameron noted in 1995 that “linguistic bigotry is among the last publicly expressible prejudices left to members of the Western intelligentsia.” In the same vein, one could point out…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 22, 2010

News

Three months on: Language on the Move in numbers

January 18, 2010 Language on the Move is a bit over three months old and so we are taking the opportunity to roll out some stats. To date, more than 4,000 visitors…

Lg_on_the_moveJanuary 18, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

On the fine line between humour and racism

The supermarkets of Germany are the site of a more sinister example of multilingual diversity marketing. The pictured chip packet leaps off the shelf with its mix of German, English…

Emily FarrellJanuary 18, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

Transliterated brand names

London Dairy ad on a building in Abu Dhabi, UAE Igloo ad on truck in Abu Dhabi, UAE I’ve just come across a 2006 University of South Africa MA thesis investigating…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 15, 2010

Language at work

Multilingual diversity marketing

As the UAE is still abuzz with the opening of the Burj Khalifa, I thought a post to mark the occasion might be in order. Seeing that I’m blogging on…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 10, 2010

Warning: Global English may harm your mental health

Child pornography and English language learning

Book reviewing and academic freedom

Push for multi-lingual mindset

Finalist for the best social sciences blog 2010

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

“We not ship to Russia”

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

Ingrid Piller returns to Macquarie University

Three months on: Language on the Move in numbers

On the fine line between humour and racism

Transliterated brand names

Multilingual diversity marketing

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