Comments on: Intercultural communication and imperialism

By: Dei Jai Otamias

Dei Jai Otamias — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:36:31 +0000

This post is very interesting, Ingrid. It can certainly be said that one facet of multilingualism and intercultural communication is its plausible ability to be used in iniquitous ways such as imperialism. The characteristic of language being diverse and universal is deeply connected to its culture; hence, power and dominance over not only an individual but a large group of people can certainly be implemented by one dominant group over another.

By: Lobat Asadi

Lobat Asadi — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:27:19 +0000

A wonderful post about a very real subject that most people in ESOL would rather avoid facing. What I wonder is if you are an ELT professional, how you do deal with the reality that English has been and continues to be a tool for dominant global powers?

By: Golnaz

Golnaz — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:51:22 +0000

I really enjoyed reading it .Thanks

By: Hazem

Hazem — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:51:36 +0000

Normally people learn a new language in order to gain access to the culture. It allows them to understand the people on a more personal level and will therefore have empathy towards them. This post is a real eye opener on how people in authority can use their skills and prey on the hospitality of the poor in order to get the job done. In relation to the article, people in power usually learn the language well enough to be fluent in it, understand the culture well enough to integrate with it and therefore are able to manipulate a group of naive people for their own personal gain. Intentions of people learning a new language can be varied depending on who they are and what they want to achieve.

Thanks Ingrid

By: Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:35:05 +0000

There are some graphic images of the victims of aerial bombings in Western Pakistan at http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-70506-4.html; just as in the 1920s bombings in Iraq, these drone attacks are supposedly "extremely efficient", "very precise" and only hit the baddies ...

By: Banafsheh

Banafsheh — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:52:52 +0000

Dear Ingrid,
Thanks for your interesting post.I have suggested my friends to read your mind-capturing post,too.
Thanks so much…

By: khan

khan — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:23:43 +0000

Thanks Ingrid for such an interesting post. Power often makes its own morality, ethics and thereby it make everything possible be it intercultural skills or mastery over many languages.

Thanks once again. I think it is a very important post and I look forward to reading people’s view on it.

Khan

By: Vahid

Vahid — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:43:20 +0000

A very interesting post, Indeed. Insightful and enlightening. Many thanks…