Germany – Language on the Move

Next Gen Literacies

A water perspective on language research

Dr Pia Tenedero, Prof Ingrid Gogolin, and Ana Bruzon (ltr.) during the NGL network conference "Do not ask for free drinking water in Germany!" This was a travel tip I…

Pia TenederoJanuary 18, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Linguistic diversity in education: Ingrid Gogolin in interview

Professor Gogolin speaks at the International Symposium on Bilingualism Why is linguistic diversity important in creating educational equity? How is the migrant experience different across different nations? How does the…

Hanna TorshJuly 21, 2023

Covid-19

Recent-arrival migrant students during the Covid-19 school closures

Elisabeth Barakos and Simone Plöger, University of Hamburg *** Editor’s note: Learning from home is hard enough but what if you are simultaneously learning the language of instruction? In this…

Language on the MoveMay 25, 2020

Research reflections

In memoriam Hans Reich

Prof. Hans H. Reich (1939-2019) The educator Professor Hans H. Reich, who pioneered education-and-migration-related research in Germany, passed away on the 19th of February 2019. The obituary below was first…

Language on the MoveMarch 14, 2019

Research reflections

Why are there so few notable academic women?

Goose Lizzy Fountain, Goettingen: in a city full of memorials to notable men, the most prominent memorial to a woman is to a generic peasant girl March 08 is International…

Ingrid PillerMarch 5, 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

News

Anneliese Maier Research Awards 2018

The 2018 Anneliese Maier Research Award Recipients (Image: Humboldt-Stiftung/Jens Jeske) The awards ceremony and research symposium for the Anneliese Maier Research Awards took place in Berlin from September 11 to…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 16, 2018

Intercultural communication

One Orientalism or many Orientalisms?

Students at the German-Chinese College, ca. 1910 (Source: German Federal Archives) The dichotomy of East and West is a recent phenomenon and associated with European industrialization. Yet, it is difficult…

Gegentuul BaioudMay 10, 2018

Multilingual histories

The devil’s handwriting

How is your Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge coming along? Another month has passed and you should have ticked off the second book from our list. I read George Steinmetz’ The Devil’s…

Ingrid PillerApril 5, 2018

Language and migration

Stereotyped ethnic names as a barrier to workplace entry

Who of the three women in this image do you think German employers are most likely to consider as a potential employee and call for a job interview? Obviously, the…

Ingrid PillerNovember 4, 2016

Language and migration

The real problem with linguistic shirkers

Asylum seekers practicing German (Source: Schwaebische.de) Germany has discovered a new social type that is causing grief in modern diverse societies: the “Integrationsverweigerer;” literally someone who refuses to integrate, a…

Ingrid PillerMarch 30, 2016

Intercultural communication

“Made in Germany” at risk? Volkswagen and the German trademark

Do clouds over VW equal clouds over Germany? The Volkswagen (VW) emissions scandal has received significant media coverage in and outside of Germany. Besides accounts of the developments that led…

Rahel CramerOctober 28, 2015

Multilingual families

Children as language brokers

Nizaqete Bislimi (Source: DuMont Verlag / Franz Brück) Some of the most striking images from the refugees who have been trekking across Europe are of families and children. Beyond the…

Ingrid PillerOctober 7, 2015

Language and migration

Bitter gifts: migrants’ exclusive inclusion

Condemned to consume My migration newsfeed in the past few weeks has been dominated by news about the Syrian refugee crisis and the various European and international responses. But there…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 10, 2015

Language in education

Educational success through bilingual education

Children in a bilingual program in Hamburg (Source: AlsterKind) It is a key finding of contemporary educational research that the children of migrants experience educational disadvantage vis-à-vis their native-born peers.…

Ingrid PillerJune 17, 2015

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