Intercultural Communication – Page 11

Can foreign languages drive you crazy?

Richard Lemon Memorial at Lemon Hill, TAS On The Science Show they recently had a program about how unfamiliar sounds, rhythms and tonalities can drive people crazy. I learnt that…

Ingrid PillerMay 6, 2011

Book cover of Intercultural Communication by Ingrid Piller

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Intercultural Communication out now!

Out now from Edinburgh University Press and with a discount for our readers right here on Language on the Move! "Ingrid Piller's book will be seen as a landmark in…

Lg_on_the_moveMay 6, 2011

Intercultural communication

Intercultural rhetoric

MQ VC Prof. Schwartz at the Library Opening Ceremony I was lucky to be able to join the opening ceremony of Macquarie University's new library on 28 March. The event…

Liu Hailin 海林刘March 29, 2011

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Language-on-the-Move in Japan now on video

Ingrid Piller's keynote lecture at the International Gender and Language Association conference in September 2010 is now available on video and so is another guest lecture she conducted during our…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 25, 2011

Shop signs of hostess bars on Thaniya Road, Sala Daeng, Bangkok

Language and tourism

The dark side of intercultural communication

At 11pm at a Japanese ramen restaurant in Thaniya, Bangkok, a group of five middle-aged Japanese men and five young Thai women were dining right next to my table. It's…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江January 18, 2011

English as a global language

The secret of successful intercultural communication

“What is the secret to successful intercultural communication?” This was one of the questions I was asked after my lecture on “New directions in intercultural communication” at United Arab Emirates…

Ingrid PillerDecember 15, 2010

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Language on the Move in the Middle East

In December and January Ingrid will be visiting universities in Iran and the United Arab Emirates and she will be speaking about her research in the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, language…

Lg_on_the_moveNovember 30, 2010

Multilingual histories

Providing bilingual education since 1689

Commemorative stamp, German Federal Post, 1989: 300 years French School Berlin I’ve been teaching about bilingualism for more than a decade and when I speak about bilingual education and dual-immersion…

Ingrid PillerOctober 26, 2010

Intercultural communication

Insult and injury in Ueno Park

Lotus Pond (part of Shinobazu Pond) in Ueno Park “There are so many stupid Japanese women around, huh? Many Westerners are coming to our country and the stupid women love…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江October 11, 2010

Language at work

The monolingual mindset goes to war

I can only speak Pashto ABC News yesterday broke a whistleblower report that US army interpreters deployed in Afghanistan often don’t speak the local languages. ABC News reports that up…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 10, 2010

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More on the Language-on-the-Move Japan tour

During her September visit to Japan, Ingrid is scheduled to give another special lecture at Tsuda College on September 21. Her talk is part of the COOLL Project, funded by the…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江September 3, 2010

English as a global language

وی نات شیپ تو راشا

Persian version of my blog post about language evolution Translated by Anna Mirzaiyan (آنا ميرزاييان) آخرهفته سری به سایت ای بِی زدم، اما به جای وسيله ای كه دنبالش می…

Ingrid PillerAugust 31, 2010

Intercultural communication

The colonial cringe in academia

When I lived in Abu Dhabi, I once visited a university in another Middle Eastern country. As part of the visit I did a guest lecture about my research, I…

Ingrid PillerJuly 9, 2010

Intercultural communication

Men, English, and international romance

“Japanese guys aren’t the most popular creatures on earth when it comes to romance. Sad but true.” That’s the claim of Meiko Mochizuki Swartz, self-professed bilingual, bicultural ‘expert’ and author…

Lachlan JacksonJuly 7, 2010

Language in Australia

Not pork but bacon

Rashid is an overseas graduate student at an Australian university. He is a Muslim from the Middle East, and this is the story of how he inadvertently ate pork during…

Ingrid PillerJune 26, 2010

Language and globalization

!دست از سر چینگلیش بردارید

Multilingual sign in Namtso (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Persian version of my recent blog post about Chinglish Translated by Tahmineh Tayebi (تهمینه طیبی) & Vahid Parvaresh (وحید پرورش) تصور کنید که…

Ingrid PillerJune 21, 2010

Intercultural Communication out now!

Intercultural rhetoric

The dark side of intercultural communication

The secret of successful intercultural communication

Language on the Move in the Middle East

Providing bilingual education since 1689

Insult and injury in Ueno Park

The monolingual mindset goes to war

More on the Language-on-the-Move Japan tour

وی نات شیپ تو راشا

The colonial cringe in academia

Men, English, and international romance

!دست از سر چینگلیش بردارید

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