Language on the Move

Language costs

USD 254,000: that is the cost of raising two children bilingually in English and German in Denver, Colorado. That’s a lot of money, and inspired me to do some number-crunching…

Ingrid PillerNovember 25, 2011

News

Returning to Isfahan

According to a Persian saying Isfahan is nesf-e jahan (‘Half the World’). As some of our regular readers might recall, I visited ‘Half the World’ as part of the Language-on-the-Move…

Ingrid PillerNovember 23, 2011

Multilingual families

Cost of monolingualism: $254,000

American society places little value on meaningful multilingualism for young people, or for adults for that matter. Nowhere is this lack of valuation more apparent than in the U.S. public…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 23, 2011

Multilingual families

Hanging on to German in the USA

I wasn’t sure of the best way to enter the Language-on-the-Move community. I’ve decided simply to start by telling you a little bit about me and my ongoing quest to…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 16, 2011

Intercultural communication

مردها، زبان انگلیسی و رومانسِ بین المللی

Persian version of Lachlan Jackson's award-winning blog post about interlingual relationships. Translated by مطهره سامری (Motahare Sameri) "وقتی پای عشق به میان می آید ژاپنی ها محبوب ترین موجودات روی کره ی…

Vahid ParvareshNovember 15, 2011

News

Transnational literature

One of the great joys of my work is to see my students prosper and I’m thrilled to be able to share the poetry of a former student of mine,…

Ingrid PillerNovember 14, 2011

News

2011 HDR Excellence Award for Yang Hongyan

Yang Hongyan 杨红艳 received a 2011 Higher Degree Research Excellence Award from the Faculty of Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Congratulations, Hongyan! After Vera W. Tetteh in 2008 and Jenny Zhang…

Lg_on_the_moveNovember 9, 2011

Language and migration

Learn English, Make Friends!

How to make English-speaking friends is one of the perennial hot topics for new overseas students and new migrants. Advice on how to make “native” friends circulates like an underground…

Ingrid PillerNovember 4, 2011

Multilingual families

Australian on the Move

In this episode of Japanese-on-the-Move we are pleased to introduce you to Simon Rodwell. Simon describes himself as a regular Australian guy. For him, that involves speaking Japanese, having a…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江October 31, 2011

News

Japanese on the Move launched!

We are proud to announce the launch of Japanese on the Move: Life Stories of Transmigration! Funded by the Australia-Japan Foundation and the Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Japanese-on-the-Move…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江October 24, 2011

Language politics

The politics of subtitling

Recently, I watched a TV documentary about the proliferation of Nomura jellyfish in Japanese coastal waters. It was a shocking tale of the devastating environmental, economic, social and human impact…

Ingrid PillerOctober 19, 2011

Language learning

Reading ‘Culture Shock’ in Isfahan

In the past three decades attention has shifted from communicative competence to discourse as a frame for understanding the challenges faced by language learners. Yet, the question of how stereotyping…

Vahid ParvareshOctober 12, 2011

Linguistic landscapes

Toiletological English

Toiletological English Can you guess what kind of product the following text is promoting? Your well-being is close to our heart rail&fresh areas are bright and friendly and leave nothing…

Ingrid PillerOctober 6, 2011

News

Research participants wanted

Taiwanese on the Move: Intersections of Mobility, Language Learning, and Overseas Study Experience Are you an overseas student from Taiwan? If yes, you are invited to join a research project…

Grace Chu-Lin ChangOctober 5, 2011

News

Happy Birthday!

Language-on-the-Move is turning 2! Language-on-the-Move went live on October 4, 2009 with this welcome message. Since then Language-on-the-Move has been publishing more than 200 research blog-posts in the sociolinguistics of…

Lg_on_the_moveOctober 4, 2011

Language in education

Turkish alphabetisation for German integration

KOALA Buchstabenhaus (Adapted from: Urbanek, R. et al. (2006): Tinto grün. Arbeitsheft 1. Schreiben. Berlin: Cornelsen) Contemporary Germany is the 3rd largest immigrant-receiving country internationally. In 2008, 15.6mio inhabitants (19%…

Victoria BenzSeptember 13, 2011

Language costs

Returning to Isfahan

Cost of monolingualism: $254,000

Hanging on to German in the USA

مردها، زبان انگلیسی و رومانسِ بین المللی

Transnational literature

2011 HDR Excellence Award for Yang Hongyan

Australian on the Move

Japanese on the Move launched!

The politics of subtitling

Reading ‘Culture Shock’ in Isfahan

Research participants wanted

Happy Birthday!

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