language learning – Page 6 – Language on the Move

Why a multilingual social imagination matters

Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend the 2016 annual conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. In my…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 6, 2016

How language can entrench disadvantage

The New Books Network has just published an interview with Ingrid Piller about her new book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice. The host of the show, Chris Cummins, sums up the…

Lg_on_the_moveAugust 4, 2016

News

Download your ten favorite Multilingua articles for free!

Publishing house De Gruyter Mouton is celebrating their stellar performance in the 2015 Impact Factor ratings by giving you the opportunity to explore De Gruyter’s top 10 social sciences impact…

Lg_on_the_moveJuly 22, 2016

Language in education

How to solve Australia’s language learning crisis

Demand action from our politicians to make a LOTE compulsory! The state of language learning in Australian schools is dire. This weekend the Sydney Morning Herald carried an article entitled “Why students are…

Ingrid PillerJune 15, 2016

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Multilingual histories

Portrait of a linguistic shirker

I recently pointed out that the widespread belief that migrants refuse to learn the language of their new country does not stack up against the realities of adult language learning.…

Ingrid PillerApril 28, 2016

Language and migration

Cleaning work: a stepping-stone or a dead-end job for migrants?

Kifibin’s workplace was a big event centre, which was open to the public only once a week Let me at once introduce you to the main character of this blog…

Maiju StrommerApril 13, 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

Language in education

Language learning challenges of overseas students

Grace Chu-Lin Chang has completed her PhD thesis entitled “Language learning, academic achievement, and overseas experience: A sociolinguistic study of Taiwanese students in Australian higher education”. The thesis is now available…

Grace Chu-Lin ChangFebruary 23, 2016

Intercultural communication

Ways of seeing

January 26, Australia Day: whether you are celebrating depends on your perspective (Source: news.com.au) Here in Australia we celebrated our national holiday yesterday. Australia Day marks the end of the…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 27, 2016

Linguistic landscapes

Strolling in Barcelona with Sanskrit and Devanāgarī

Tapas bar Samsara Strolling in Barcelona’s city center reveals an astounding variety of spoken languages: there are the languages used by the throngs of visitors coming from literally everywhere, and…

Anand Torrents AlcarazNovember 11, 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 in education

Dynamics of bilingual early childhood education

Benz, Victoria. 2015. Dynamics of bilingual early childhood education: Parental attitudes and institutional realisation. PhD. Macquarie University. Victoria Benz recently completed her PhD thesis about “Dynamics of bilingual early childhood education: Parental…

Lg_on_the_moveAugust 5, 2015

Language, Education and Settlement: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography on, with, and for Africans in Australia

Tetteh, Vera W. 2015. Language, Education and Settlement: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography on, with, and for Africans in Australia. PhD thesis, Macquarie University. Vera Williams Tetteh has just completed her PhD…

Lg_on_the_moveJuly 29, 2015

Language learning

The language cringe of the native speaker

"How bad is your cultural cringe?" (Source: Jenna Guillaume, BuzzFeed) Keith: I’m still really shit at pronouncing Lisa’s surname. With the umlaut o. Hanna: What is Lisa’s surname? (laughter) Keith:…

Hanna TorshJune 10, 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 and migration

Bilingualism is good for you! … if you are a girl …

Bilingualism has a gender A while ago, I reported on the findings of a US study that demonstrated that children of immigrants who achieve high-level bilingual proficiency in both English…

Ingrid PillerMay 6, 2015