Language on the Move

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…

Angela Turzynski-AzimiApril 13, 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

Doing a PhD – travelling a difficult road

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Applied Linguistics @MQ: New directions in the sociolinguistics of globalization

The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Thursday, April 19: New directions in the sociolinguistics of globalization Roundtable with graduating PhD…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 6, 2012

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Linguistics Ethnography Forum E-Seminar

THIRD UK LINGUISTIC ETHNOGRAPHY FORUM E-SEMINAR Ingrid Piller. Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Chapter 10: Intercultural Communication in a Multilingual World When: 30th April – 18th…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 6, 2012

English as a global language

انگلیسی یا فارسی؟

Persian translation of English or Persian? مترجم: بهنام کیماسی معنای ماشین نوشته یِ انگلیسیِ رویِ این اتومبیل چیست؟ این یکی از سوال هایی بود که من در دومین کارگاه آموزشی…

Ingrid PillerApril 4, 2012

Next Gen Literacies

Swimming against the global linguistic tide

I’m one of the comparatively unlucky few swimming against the global linguistic tide. I’m a mother tongue speaker of English, “the” global language. That means if I want to become…

Christof Demont-HeinrichApril 3, 2012

English as a global language

English belongs to everyone?

English belongs to everyone? The claim that “English belongs to everyone who uses it” has continued to gain more and more cultural cache, at least in global (English) academic circles.…

Christof Demont-HeinrichMarch 26, 2012

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Intercultural Communication Conference

ZUEL, WuhanIntercultural Literacy, Communication, and Competence in the Context of Multiculturalism Nov 16-18, 2012, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China The Foreign Languages School of Zhongnan University of…

Zhang Jie 张洁March 22, 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

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