Language on the Move

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Finalist for the best social sciences blog 2010

Our blog is a finalist for the Research Blogging Awards 2010 in the Social Sciences or Anthropology category! We are so proud to have been short-listed, particularly as we really…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 27, 2010

Language at work

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

English-speaking countries have a poor track record when it comes to language learning. Educators in Australia, the UK and the USA regularly bemoan that fact and call for a change…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 21, 2010

Language at work

Foreign nurses face the Kanji hurdle

Japan’s aging population and the growing number of young Japanese shunning ‘3D’ jobs (dirty, dangerous and demanding) has resulted in an increasing demand for foreign nurses and eldercare workers. In…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 17, 2010

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Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

Must-read post by Dennis Baron over at the Web of Language! A US university student who majors in Middle Eastern Studies was detained at Philadelphia Airport for carrying Arabic language…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 13, 2010

Intercultural communication

“We not ship to Russia”

I went onto e-bay this weekend and, instead of the gadget I was after, found some non-standard uses of English negation: “We not ship to Russia” or “We not use…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 10, 2010

Language in Australia

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

National holidays are there to celebrate the nation and the opinion pages tend to be full of self-congratulation on such occasions. Australia is no exception and one of the more…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 3, 2010

News

Ingrid Piller returns to Macquarie University

Ingrid Piller, one of the founders of Language on the Move, has returned to Macquarie University from her year at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In first…

Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 1, 2010

Language at work

Linguistic discrimination at work

Deborah Cameron noted in 1995 that “linguistic bigotry is among the last publicly expressible prejudices left to members of the Western intelligentsia.” In the same vein, one could point out…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 22, 2010

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Three months on: Language on the Move in numbers

January 18, 2010 Language on the Move is a bit over three months old and so we are taking the opportunity to roll out some stats. To date, more than 4,000 visitors…

Lg_on_the_moveJanuary 18, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

On the fine line between humour and racism

The supermarkets of Germany are the site of a more sinister example of multilingual diversity marketing. The pictured chip packet leaps off the shelf with its mix of German, English…

Emily FarrellJanuary 18, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

Transliterated brand names

London Dairy ad on a building in Abu Dhabi, UAE Igloo ad on truck in Abu Dhabi, UAE I’ve just come across a 2006 University of South Africa MA thesis investigating…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 15, 2010

Language at work

Multilingual diversity marketing

As the UAE is still abuzz with the opening of the Burj Khalifa, I thought a post to mark the occasion might be in order. Seeing that I’m blogging on…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 10, 2010

Next Gen Literacies

More on Korean linguistic exports

Not only is Korean an increasingly popular choice of study as a foreign language, now South Korea is also promoting the use of the Hangul script to write languages other…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 3, 2010

Language politics

Languages of the heart

While my Christmas post was of the gloomy kind, most blogs I follow had more heart-warming stories. Sociolingo Africa picked up a press release coming out of Orlando, Florida issued…

Ingrid PillerDecember 31, 2009

News

Language Training for Social Inclusion: Recordings now available for download

The presentations from the recent Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) Forum, which was devoted to “Language training for social inclusion,” are now available for download from the AMEP Research Center…

Lg_on_the_moveDecember 26, 2009

Multilingual histories

The burning children of globalization

I’ve been wondering what would be an appropriate Christmas post for the Language on the Move blog. Seeing that I’m deeply skeptical about all those claims about the wonderful advantages…

Ingrid PillerDecember 25, 2009

Finalist for the best social sciences blog 2010

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

“We not ship to Russia”

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

Ingrid Piller returns to Macquarie University

Three months on: Language on the Move in numbers

On the fine line between humour and racism

Transliterated brand names

Multilingual diversity marketing

More on Korean linguistic exports

Languages of the heart

Language Training for Social Inclusion: Recordings now available for download

The burning children of globalization

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