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Live stream | Lisa Fairbrother

Applied Linguistics @MQ Seminar Series will live stream Lisa Fairbrother's seminar, "Experiences of ‘being different’ in Tokyo: an examination of the effects of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’ on intercultural interactions in Japan" , 12…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江March 13, 2012

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Applied Linguistics@MQ: Linguistic diversity & social justice

The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held next week: Linguistic diversity and social justice Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University Abstract: My…

Ingrid PillerMarch 12, 2012

Research reflections

Strange academic women

Editor's note, 22/01/2014: One of the joys of running Language on the Move is to experience its international collaborative reach in action. Two years ago, one of our readers, Olya Belenkaya, asked…

Ingrid PillerMarch 7, 2012

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Applied Linguistics@MQ: Being different in Tokyo

Update: Change of venue to W6B 301 Conferencing Rm The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held next week: Experiences of ‘being…

Lg_on_the_moveMarch 6, 2012

Language learning

Is there such a thing as postmodern bilingual education?

I’m not a big fan of what I call “breathless academic postmodernism,” or what I view as the often naïve valorization of, among other things, hybridization, creolization, liminality, polysemy, multiplicity,…

Christof Demont-HeinrichMarch 3, 2012

Language at work

The sociolinguistics of nail care

Have you recently had a manicure or a pedicure? I haven’t. In fact, I’ve never been to a nail salon in my life. Until about a decade ago that would…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 27, 2012

Language learning

Bilingualism: Bane or Boon?

Hungarians in RomaniaUp until a few decades ago, the academic consensus – along with public opinion – was that bilingualism is detrimental to the individual and society. Nowadays, that has…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 20, 2012

English as a global language

Language shift and phone sex

Ever since I left my native village in the Bavarian Forest more than 25 years ago, I have been returning for regular, even if infrequent, visits. Over the years, there…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 15, 2012

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Applied Linguistics@MQ: Visual conversations online

The first seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held next week: Visual conversations online: New uses of photo, video and graphics in…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 14, 2012

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Stay in touch with Language-on-the-Move

We are phasing out our manual e-mail newsletter. There are now these easy ways to stay in touch and to keep abreast of what's happening at Language on the move. -…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 12, 2012

English as a global language

Intercultural grocery shopping

It is now widely agreed that human beings have moved into a phase of modernity in which they have to tackle the extreme dynamism in modern institutions and provide an…

Vahid ParvareshFebruary 11, 2012

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PhD opportunity in Spain

A fellowship is available for a period of three years extendable to four starting in Fall- Winter 2012 to undertake postgraduate studies in the Departament de Filologia Anglesa at the…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 11, 2012

English as a global language

English and ASEAN

English and ASEAN Ever since I arrived in Bangkok in 2011, I’ve being witnessing the amazing spread of English fever. At the national level, Thailand is wholeheartedly invested in the…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 3, 2012

Language learning Multilingual families

Linguistic extremism

I know some people think what I am doing with my daughters – speaking German to them one-hundred percent of the time even though German is a second language for…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 30, 2012

Linguistic landscapes

Pencils on the move

Sadly, my sabbatical is drawing to a close and one of the things to think about now is souvenirs. My sabbatical involved visits to Germany, Iran and the United Arab…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 26, 2012

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Happy New Year!

Very best wishes for a happy, healthy and harmonious Year of the Dragon to all our readers! It is our new year's resolution here at Language-on-the-Move to continue to bring you…

Language on the MoveJanuary 22, 2012

Live stream | Lisa Fairbrother

Applied Linguistics@MQ: Linguistic diversity & social justice

Strange academic women

Applied Linguistics@MQ: Being different in Tokyo

Is there such a thing as postmodern bilingual education?

Bilingualism: Bane or Boon?

Language shift and phone sex

Applied Linguistics@MQ: Visual conversations online

Stay in touch with Language-on-the-Move

Intercultural grocery shopping

PhD opportunity in Spain

English and ASEAN

Linguistic extremism

Pencils on the move

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