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Language in Australia

The burden of multilingualism in Australia

English-Only Australia? (Source: blogs.crikey.com.au) In recent Australian political conversation, there is an increasingly bipartisan recognition of the value of cultural and linguistic diversity. So it’s fair to ask, what is…

Hanna TorshJuly 28, 2013

Language in Australia

Multiculturalism without multilingualism

Multiculturalism in Australia: Should it be seen but not heard? (Source: det.wa.edu.au) Australia has embraced multiculturalism as official national policy since the 1970s. Interestingly, the most recent incarnation of the…

Shiva Motaghi TabariJanuary 29, 2013

Ingrid Piller in conversation with Steve Price on 2GB Radio

Language in Australia

Should Australians learn another language?

Last weekend the Australian government released its white paper Australia in the Asian Century. One of its recommendations is that "All Australian students will have the opportunity, and be encouraged, to undertake…

Lg_on_the_moveOctober 31, 2012

The bountiful benefits of being bilingual

Language in Australia

Bilingualism and language learning on TV

Bilingual education and language learning is close to the heart of all our readers here on Language on the Move and it's great to see increasing recognition of the importance…

Language on the MoveOctober 25, 2012

Language in Australia

Australia’s Asia Literacy Debate

Australia in Asia (Source: unitingworld.org.au) Since starting a PhD in February in a different field to my previous work, I’ve been running a weekly alert with the words “language” and…

Hanna TorshOctober 2, 2012

Erosion caused by rabbits in a gully in South Australia

Language in Australia

Southern Alienation

Erosion caused by rabbits in a gully in South Australia I’ve spent this morning decorating Easter eggs and making origami Easter bunnies with my child. Tomorrow I’m going to host an Easter egg hunt and in…

Ingrid PillerApril 7, 2012

Language in Australia

Beyond Harmony Day

Cabramatta, Australia Last week an email was sent around my office about our upcoming Harmony Day celebration on 21 March. The email suggested that to mark the occasion, interested staff could…

Sheila PhamMarch 21, 2012

Language in Australia

Diversity made invisible in 2010 Australian federal election

This weekend, if you were out shopping, you couldn't escape the electioneering for the 2010 Australian federal election. I do my grocery shopping in Eastwood, one of Sydney’s most multicultural…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 26, 2010

Language in Australia

Not pork but bacon

Rashid is an overseas graduate student at an Australian university. He is a Muslim from the Middle East, and this is the story of how he inadvertently ate pork during…

Ingrid PillerJune 26, 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

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

Multiculturalism without multilingualism

Should Australians learn another language?

Bilingualism and language learning on TV

Australia’s Asia Literacy Debate

Southern Alienation

Beyond Harmony Day

Push for multi-lingual mindset

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

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