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Applied Linguistics @MQ: Biliteracy concepts challenging the monolingual habitus

Migazin (Source: http://www.migazin.de/) The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Monday, June 04: Biliteracy concepts challenging the monolingual habitus…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 27, 2012

English as a global language

Global toys in a local world

Recently, I had occasion to visit a toy store in Isfahan to buy a present for my seven-year-old cousin, who had invited me to his birthday party. Grand, impressive and…

Vahid ParvareshMay 25, 2012

What would you do?

Caroline Tennant Kelly with two of her photos from the Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement (Source: Sydney Morning Herald at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/the-bohemian-and-her-mission-20100416-skgk.html)In 1924 the first university Department of Anthropology in Australia was founded…

Ingrid PillerMay 22, 2012

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Applied Linguistics @MQ: An Impact Study of IELTS in Cambodia

The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Monday, May 28: An Impact Study of IELTS in Cambodia When: Mon…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 21, 2012

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Japanese on the Move Celebration

Japanese on the Move, our video exhibition of the life stories of transnationals, is now complete. We celebrated the completion of this journey last Friday at the Japan Foundation Sydney.…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 18, 2012

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Applied Linguistics @MQ: Semiotic plays on facial expressions

Anthony Browne, My DadThe next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Monday, May 21: Semiotic plays on facial expressions When: Mon 20/05,…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 16, 2012

Language learning

Is bilingualism impolite?

I’m chatting in English to a medical student from Germany who is visiting Sydney, Australia, and we’ve already talked about how I lived in Germany for a while and speak…

Hanna TorshMay 15, 2012

Language learning

Japanese women on the move

Thank you, Ingrid, for drawing my attention to this interesting online forum, Language on the Move, and videos, Japanese on the Move. Based on empirical research on transnational Asian women in London,…

Youna KimMay 10, 2012

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Japanese on the Move on Lingua Franca

ABC Radio in Sydney Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi are talking about the making of Japanese on the Move on ABC Radio National Lingua Franca. Tune in at 3:45pm on Saturday,…

Language on the MoveMay 5, 2012

Multilingual families

English only on this American playground please

I’ve written before that I’ve never had an experience in which someone responded negatively to me when I speak German to my daughters in public here in the United States.…

Christof Demont-HeinrichMay 5, 2012

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Two new Language-on-the-Move PhDs

Dr. Zhang, Prof. Piller, Dr. Butorac, Dr. Takahashi Language on the Move proudly presents two new PhDs! Dr. Donna Butorac and Dr. Jenny Zhang graduated last week. Donna's PhD was…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 29, 2012

Multilingual histories

Yiman does not have a word for ‘massacre’

Memorial to Yiman leader Bilba at Wallumbilla (Source: Goodbye Bussamarai) On October 27, 1857, a group of Aboriginal Australians, members of a group known as Yiman carried out a massacre:…

Ingrid PillerApril 27, 2012

English as a global language

Globalisation and nationalism

Many things have changed in Australia since I first came here in the mid-1990s. One of these is a noticeable increase in displays of national ardour: for instance, there is…

Ingrid PillerApril 20, 2012

Language learning

Japanese on the Move in Tweets

For the past six months we have featured video interviews with 50 transnationals calling Japan and Australia home here on Language-on-the-Move. We wanted to know what it was like to…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 17, 2012

Language testing for citizenship

Inside Story has a must-read article about language testing for citizenship in Australia today Citizenship for beginners The Howard government made it harder for some nationalities to become citizens, and…

Ingrid PillerApril 16, 2012

Language learning

Japanese lessons learnt from Velcro tape

"Velcro on one pocket coming away at the edge. Please repair and bring back tomorrow for checking." This was the note I had dreaded from my son’s teacher. The Velcro…