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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

Multilingual families

German-English vs. Spanish-English

I have frequently wondered how my experiences speaking German in public with my two daughters, 7, and 5, whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 21, 2012

Language at work

Money talks

Those of us in the broad area of TESOL often labor under the assumption of the invincibility of English hegemony. Whether they deplore it or exult in it, many people…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 17, 2012

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The Language-on-the-Move team will be on leave until mid-January. During that time we will not be updating our research blog about intercultural communication, language learning and multilingualism nor our video…

Lg_on_the_moveDecember 18, 2011

Linguistic landscapes

English or Persian?

“What is the meaning of the choice of English in the slogan on this car?” That was one of the questions I asked the participants in the 2nd Language-on-the-Move Workshop…

Ingrid PillerDecember 13, 2011

English as a global language

The legitimate speaker

Mi-Cha Flubacher, Alfonso Del Percio and Alexandre Duchêne (Institute of Multilingualism, University/PH Fribourg), are inviting papers for the thematic session "The legitimate speaker in a transforming political economy" (Session ID…

Mi-Cha Flubacher and Shirley YeungDecember 13, 2011

Linguistic landscapes

Happy Birthday, UAE!

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating another National Day! And they are doing it in style! I was lucky to enter the country exactly on its 40th birthday and so…

Ingrid PillerDecember 5, 2011

Taking over the squares

Luisa Martín Rojo is inviting participants for a thematic session devoted to "Taking over the squares: the role of linguistic practices in contesting public spaces" at the 19th Sociolinguistics Symposium…

Luisa Martín RojoDecember 1, 2011

Language at work

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

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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

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PhD opportunity in Spain

English and ASEAN

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German-English vs. Spanish-English

Money talks

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English or Persian?

The legitimate speaker

Happy Birthday, UAE!

Language costs

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