English as a Global Language – Page 3

Research reflections

Where does academic authority come from?

The following is a summary of my recent article "On the conditions of authority in academic publics" in 14 tweets. The paper was published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics; an…

Ingrid PillerDecember 16, 2019

News

Awards for our Higher Degree Research

Professor Simon Handley, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences, congratulates our HDR Excellence Award winners The year ends on a final high note for our team with three…

Language on the MoveDecember 13, 2019

Language and globalization

Why being in one place matters for transnational language use

Welcome message to the Aga Khan IV inscribed into the mountain, Pasu, Upper Hunza, Pakistan Transnationalism is a notion that is both presumed to be clear whilst also recognised as…

Brook BolanderOctober 9, 2019

English as a global language

Reading to learn in another language

A non-fluent Latin reader painstakingly worked her way through this text “Man is an obligate aerobe”, I recently read in a medicine book for general readers (Nuland, 1993). The phrase…

Ingrid PillerAugust 11, 2019

Language and migration

Asylum interviews as linguistic conflict zones

Professor Katrijn Maryns explains the linguistic transformations that turn "undocumented migrants" into "genuine" or "bogus refugees" Language is the inescapable medium through which we live our lives. Access to social…

Ingrid PillerApril 8, 2019

Language and globalization

Promoting English in Saudi Arabia

Advertisement for Wall Street English Institute “Do you speak English?” is a frequently asked question, which Saudi people must be prepared to answer with a confident “Yes!” when applying for…

Samar AlkhalilMarch 25, 2019

Intercultural communication

Intercultural communication at work: Poles in China

Poland in China (Artwork by the author) Intercultural communication at work in multinational companies (MNCs) is increasingly common. Workplace communication in MNCs can be highly complex, as is the case…

Michał WilczewskiFebruary 16, 2019

Language learning

Are bilinguals better language learners?

Professor Peter Siemund, Hamburg University, during his guest lecture at Macquarie University It is easy to assume that bilinguals are better at adding another language to their repertoire. But is…

Hanna TorshOctober 5, 2018

Language and globalization

Virtually multilingual

English is the mother tongue of the Internet, or so it seems. English is omnipresent in the architecture of this breakthrough technology. You see it in the QWERTY keyboard, domain…

Pia TenederoJune 7, 2018

Language and globalization

Is English stealing the home of Mongolian?

The website of Hohhot Baita International Airport provides information in Chinese and English but not in Mongolian Update, Sept 16, 2020: A Mongolian translation of this blog post is now…

Gegentuul BaioudApril 18, 2018

Language and globalization

Globalization between crime and piety

How is your Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge coming along? One month has gone by and you should have ticked off at least one book from our list. I started with an…

Ingrid PillerMarch 1, 2018

Language and globalization

Banal cosmopolitanism

Multilingual "Welcome" sign in a shopping mall in Munich, Germany Have you recently seen a “welcome” sign? They constitute a strange genre: ever more ubiquitous on the one hand, yet…

Ingrid PillerOctober 31, 2017

Language and globalization

Anatomy of language shaming

This latest exploration in language shaming examines a language shame campaign on the internet and shows how it is used as a tool to suppress political debate and women’s public…

Ingrid PillerOctober 16, 2017

Language and globalization

Dreams vs. realities in English

We all have childhood dreams. Mine was to become a writer, which, unfortunately, was not well received by my parents because it is a “hungry” job. Due to the absence…

Jinhyun ChoSeptember 1, 2017

Language and globalization

Interpreting English language ideologies in Korea: dreams vs. realities

Jinhyun Cho was awarded her PhD for her thesis about "Interpreting English language ideologies in Korea: dreams vs. realities" Many people around the world dream of learning English. The pursuit of…

Lg_on_the_moveNovember 24, 2016

Language and globalization

How States Promote Global English: Shifting Priorities in Education

Cover of 2008 movie "Mad about English" (Source: Zhang, Jie. Language policy and planning for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ) We are repeatedly told that people around the world are…

Peter IvesOctober 11, 2016

Where does academic authority come from?

Awards for our Higher Degree Research

Why being in one place matters for transnational language use

Reading to learn in another language

Asylum interviews as linguistic conflict zones

Promoting English in Saudi Arabia

Intercultural communication at work: Poles in China

Are bilinguals better language learners?

Globalization between crime and piety

Banal cosmopolitanism

Dreams vs. realities in English

Interpreting English language ideologies in Korea: dreams vs. realities

How States Promote Global English: Shifting Priorities in Education

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