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English ideologies in Korea

Did you know that the US is referred to as "Beautiful Country" in Korean? Or that different ways of speaking English index different class positions? Or that English has become…

Brynn QuickSeptember 8, 2024

Language in education

Are the children of intermarried couples smarter?

Preschool in Karlsruhe, Germany (Source: DW) Ever since my research for my 2002 book Bilingual Couples Talk I’ve regularly been told by people – or been asked to confirm their…

Ingrid PillerMay 20, 2015

Language in education

“Naughty boys” trying to learn

"Naughty boys" in the media: image from the Channel 4 gangs and drugs drama "Top Boy" Teacher expectations can constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy: teachers behave differently towards children depending on…

Ingrid PillerMay 13, 2015

Language in education

Children of the harvest: schooling, class and race

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Oklahoma (Source: Library of Congress) I’ve just come across a fascinating article about the schooling of migrant children during the Great Depression era…

Ingrid PillerApril 8, 2015

English ideologies in Korea

Are the children of intermarried couples smarter?

“Naughty boys” trying to learn

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