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Multilingual histories

Cultural brokering

Rashid al-Din Monument in Soltaniyeh, Iran (Source: Wikipedia) Recently, I signed a contract for a revised second edition of my 2011 book Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction to be published…

Ingrid PillerNovember 25, 2015

Language and globalization

‘Detours’ taken by Mongols on WeChat

A monument near Baganuur (Outer Mongolia) with an inscription of poem "My Native Land" by Natsagdorj (Source: Wikipedia) In the middle school Mongolian textbooks there is a well-known text called…

Gegentuul BaioudNovember 18, 2015

English as a global language

Mongolian on the market

'Luxury permanent' Mongolian yurt for sale on Alibaba Last week when I saw in my friends’ Wechat group an advertisement for delicately made Mongolian yurts, I thought of an article…

Gegentuul BaioudJuly 1, 2015

English as a global language

Voice of China on the move

Voice of China Sydney 2015, Program Booklet It’s a weeknight at the Sydney Town Hall, an ornate 19th century building in the city centre. Almost everyone bustling in the entryway…

Alexandra GreyMay 27, 2015

Intercultural communication

The long conversation: Australia and China

Australia-China Youth Dialogue 2014 I recently returned from the Australia China Youth Dialogue in Beijing, my head buzzing with new ideas. The Dialogue promotes “more sophisticated cross-cultural understanding among Australian…

Alexandra GreyFebruary 18, 2015

Crossing borders or carrying borders?

Christmas party at an International High School in Yunnan Over the past few decades, an increasing number of Burmese international students have enrolled in high schools in Yunnan, a province…

Li JiaOctober 27, 2014

Language learning

Gaining a Green Thumb for Grassroots Language Activism

The researcher wearing a Zhuang employee's work uniform at the Black Clothes Zhuang House in the Ethnic Minorities Village, Nanning, China, 2014 I was surprised, frankly, during my recent fieldwork…

Alexandra GreyOctober 10, 2014

Linguistic landscapes

Multilingual mismatch

Auburn parking ticket (left: quadrilingual on back; right: city logo on front) In Australia with its persistent monolingual mindset coming across any kind of official institutional multilingual communication always feels…

Ingrid PillerJuly 7, 2014

Language and tourism

English in the Global Village

Yangshuo's West Street (Source: chinatravelca) Tourism has been found to be beneficial for minority language maintenance in a number of contexts from around the world. For instance, Anand Torrents Alcaraz…

Ingrid PillerJune 23, 2014

Language learning

Language learning through public speaking

Chinese university students in a debate, 2011 (Photo by Nikki Feng) Public speaking can constitute an excellent language learning tool, as I discovered through participating in public speaking activities in…

Alexandra GreyApril 14, 2014

Language learning

On learning languages and the gaining of wisdom

The National Institute of the English Language in Tehran has used the slogan "A new language is a new life" for more than 50 years I’m preparing my lecture on…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 13, 2014

Language in Australia

The burden of multilingualism in Australia

English-Only Australia? (Source: blogs.crikey.com.au) In recent Australian political conversation, there is an increasingly bipartisan recognition of the value of cultural and linguistic diversity. So it’s fair to ask, what is…

Hanna TorshJuly 28, 2013

News

Congratulations, Dr Chen!

Dr Xiaoxiao Chen on her graduation day at Macquarie University Language on the Move proudly presents another new PhD! Dr Xiaoxiao Chen graduated from Macquarie University last week. Her PhD…

Lg_on_the_moveJune 6, 2013

Multilingual histories

Internationalization of Higher Education, 1933

Ernst Reuter, West Berlin's post-war Mayor, was Professor of Urban Studies in Ankara from 1938 to 1946 (Source: turkishpress.de) While the internationalization of higher education is a hot topic at…

Ingrid PillerMay 14, 2013

Language learning

Who profits from an early start in English?

Who profits from an early start in English language learning? 不要讓你的孩子輸在起跑點上 (Don’t let your children lose out at the starting point.) is one of the most popular slogans whenever English…

Jackie ChangMay 6, 2013

Linguistic landscapes

Multilingual Macau

The front cover of the tourist map of multilingual Macau Last week I had the privilege of visiting the University of Macau and in Macau I discovered yet another unique…

Ingrid PillerApril 22, 2013

Cultural brokering

Voice of China on the move

The long conversation: Australia and China

Multilingual mismatch

English in the Global Village

Language learning through public speaking

On learning languages and the gaining of wisdom

Congratulations, Dr Chen!

Internationalization of Higher Education, 1933

Who profits from an early start in English?

Multilingual Macau

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