Language on the Move

Language politics

Where is the Arabic?

Finally, today on Day 3 of our conference on Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives someone asked “Where is the Arabic?” “How come a conference devoted to multilingualism and…

Ingrid PillerDecember 20, 2009

Research reflections

Fostering Multiliteracies: 2nd conference day

Our two plenary speakers It’s easy to have a good time at a conference on the spectacular campus of the American University of Sharjah and with such a great group of…

Ingrid PillerDecember 19, 2009

Research reflections

Fostering multiliteracies: 1st conference day

Exciting first day at the conference on “Fostering multiliteracies through education: Middle Eastern Perspectives” at the American University of Sharjah. Suresh Canagarajah, who blogs on academic writing and publishing in…

Ingrid PillerDecember 18, 2009

Language learning

Korean beats French

If you could choose to learn a foreign language, which one would it be? And why? Such choices are usually constrained by what is on offer. However, someone must choose…

Ingrid PillerDecember 14, 2009

News

Fostering Multiliteracies through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives

The American University of Sharjah and Zayed University’s Research Excellence Center “UAE Center for Bilingualism and Bilingual Education” are co-organizing an exciting multilingualism conference this week. Together with Professor Fatima Badry, American…

Lg_on_the_moveDecember 13, 2009

Multilingual histories

The monolingual sniffer dog and the lonely rabbi

The current global order has thrown up yet another bewildering language problem: the monolingual sniffer dog! I glean the following from a recent NYT article about Rabbis in Montana: with…

Ingrid PillerDecember 11, 2009

Research reflections

Guest-blogging and deadlines

I’ve been prodding my (former) students to join me as guest-bloggers or even just to respond to my blog posts. So far with little success. I know that they (or…

Ingrid PillerDecember 9, 2009

Language and tourism

New Swiss Christianity: Let’s build brothels

A few years ago I wrote a paper about the sexualization of public space in Switzerland. The paper will be published next year as “Sex in the City: On Making…

Ingrid PillerDecember 7, 2009

Linguistic landscapes

Croc warning

I took a picture of this sign during a family holiday in Cairns. My then-six-year-old daughter noticed the German “Achtung” and so asked why it didn’t say “Warning” in her…

Ingrid PillerDecember 4, 2009

Language at work

How (not) to address airline passengers

Terms of address in intercultural communication can be a tricky business as Kimiesan pointed out recently. One would think that airlines with their international customer base and tons of market…

Ingrid PillerNovember 30, 2009

Linguistic landscapes

Ridiculous English signs

Ridiculous English signs English speakers sometimes like to amuse themselves with ridiculous English signage from around the world. www.engrish.com is a typical example and I have to admit that there…

Ingrid PillerNovember 26, 2009

Intercultural communication

Two Caravans

I’ve always thought that it would do the field of linguistics (and the humanities generally) a whole lot of good if linguists were also doing literary studies. I’m an old-fashioned…

Ingrid PillerNovember 22, 2009

Language politics

When your English is too good

Some people just can’t win it seems. Second language speakers are in that category. I can’t even begin to count how many people who have read a fraction of the…

Ingrid PillerNovember 19, 2009

Next Gen Literacies

Negative and positive writing

Until Language on the Move came along, Web of Language was my favorite language-related blog. Now it’s my second-favorite … A few days ago, the blogger, Dennis Baron, Professor of…

Ingrid PillerNovember 16, 2009

Language learning

What has Western masculinity got to do with English language learning for Japanese women?

For the last so many years I have been feeling sorry for Tourism Australia. Since their Paul Hogan (our one and only Crocodile Dundee) mega hit tourism campaign in the…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江November 5, 2009

Linguistic landscapes

Halloween Mystery

This chocolate wrapper turned up in my child’s trick-or-treat bag and now we don’t know which language Prestÿ is! Anyone out there who can help? One dad in our trick-or-treating…

Ingrid PillerNovember 2, 2009

Where is the Arabic?

Fostering Multiliteracies: 2nd conference day

Fostering multiliteracies: 1st conference day

Korean beats French

Fostering Multiliteracies through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives

The monolingual sniffer dog and the lonely rabbi

Guest-blogging and deadlines

New Swiss Christianity: Let’s build brothels

How (not) to address airline passengers

Ridiculous English signs

Two Caravans

When your English is too good

Negative and positive writing

What has Western masculinity got to do with English language learning for Japanese women?

Halloween Mystery

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