Intercultural Communication – Page 9

Intercultural communication

Don’t speak!

Carl Rohling, The Teplitz incidence. Goethe (left) draws his hat and bows to the imperial party while Beethoven (front-center) strides on Over the holidays, I’ve had the opportunity to read…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 2, 2013

Multilingual families

Christmas in Nicaragua

Purísima altar Editor's Note: We are delighted to be able to share this report about 'the festive season' in Nicaragua, a context that is probably quite alien to many of our…

Frida WeissDecember 19, 2012

Multilingual families

Hiding my IP to learn German

The "Sorry" message of a German live-streaming site inaccessible to US-based viewers You’ve probably never heard of Easy Hide IP, an admittedly obscure software that allows you to surf the…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 30, 2012

Intercultural communication

Conversations in Hong Kong

Professor Adam Jaworski and intercultural communication students at the University of Hong Kong It is one of the joys of having written a book like Intercultural Communication that readers like…

Ingrid PillerNovember 28, 2012

Intercultural communication

Intercultural Communication on Chinese TV

The recent Intercultural Communication Conference at Zhongnan University of Law and Economics was covered by Wuhan TV's evening news. You can either watch the full show on the WHTV website or the…

Language on the MoveNovember 26, 2012

Research reflections

Intercultural Communication in Wuhan

Members of the Language on the Move team meeting at ZUEL: Li Jia, Zhang Jie, Ingrid Piller, Kimie Takahashi, Guo Jian, Jackie Chang (fltr) Last week members of the Language…

Ingrid PillerNovember 21, 2012

English as a global language

Seeing Asians speaking English

Who of these two men do you expect to speak better English?* I am very much looking forward to attending the International Conference on Research and Applications of Intercultural Communication…

Ingrid PillerNovember 9, 2012

Multilingual families

The Calendar: A Montessori Mother in Japan

The completed calendar, rolled up and secured with a rubber band When my son was six years old, he came home from his Japanese Montessori pre-school one day saying that…

Angela Turzynski-AzimiOctober 15, 2012

English as a global language

English propaganda creates blind spots

"Imported Teacher", the British Council's new campaign in Thailand As a language educator in Thailand my in-box is always full of invitations to conferences devoted to ASEAN and English language…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江September 20, 2012

Growing up between cultures

"Wir neuen Deutschen" and "Growing up Lebanese Muslim in Australia" A little while ago, my daughter, who attends Year 5 in an Australian public school, received a “Resilience Award” for…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 17, 2012

Language learning

The power of Esperanto

Herzberg am Harz, the Esperanto City (Source: Der Spiegel) The rural Bavarian high school I attended in the late 70s and early 80s had two international exchanges going, one with…

Ingrid PillerJuly 26, 2012

Language and migration

Pakistani flour mill workers recovering from a near-fatal lung infection due to poor occupational health and safety conditions, West Ham Hospital, 1960s (Source: Qureshi 2012, p. 7) To be transnational…

Ingrid PillerJuly 24, 2012

Intercultural communication

No translation

Eatery on Kat Hing St, Wuhan, site of Chi Li's Life Show (Source: city.ifeng.com) I am very much looking forward to attending the Intercultural Literacy, Communication, and Competence in the…

Ingrid PillerJuly 10, 2012

Language and tourism

English for travel

Ad for ‘English for travel’ classes ( www.gaba.co.jp/ad) A few weeks ago, my family and I went to Jim Thompson’s special sales at BITEC in Bang Na, a short train…

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 2, 2012

Research reflections

The paradoxes of difference

Salvador Dali, Gestalt As members of the Language-on-the-Move community know, I was the lucky guest of Ingrid at Macquarie last Wednesday and then the theme of her blog posting. As a…

Bob HodgeJune 21, 2012

Intercultural communication over coffee

Receptionist: Help yourself to a cap! Shiva: Pardon me? Receptionist: Help yourself to a cap! Shiva: This was a conversation I had in the reception area of a storage company on…