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H.I.S. Research and Industry Forum on Linguistic Diversity and Tourism in Amazing Thailand

Readers who missed the H.I.S. Research and Industry Forum on Linguistic Diversity and Tourism in Amazing Thailand on July 02, 2013 at Assumption University of Thailand in Bangkok can view the…

Language on the MoveJuly 7, 2013

Multilingual histories

Erasing diversity

Barely legible today but evidence of 'super-diversity' in the 9th century: Runic graffiti in Hagia Sophia On a parapet in Hagia Sophia’s gallery there is an obscure little graffiti written…

Ingrid PillerJune 21, 2013

English as a global language

Multilingual provision is cheaper than English-Only

Hiroshi Mikitani, Englishnization in Marketplace 3.0 (Source: gettyimages.co.uk) The business and self-help section of my local Kinokuniya bookstore is currently featuring shelves and shelves of Marketplace 3.0: Rewriting the rules…

Ingrid PillerApril 4, 2013

News

Social meanings of language policy in Pakistan

Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development presents global research seminar about language-in-education policy in Pakistan The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development presents a global research seminar: Topic:…

Lg_on_the_moveMarch 21, 2013

Is speaking English a civic duty?

In today’s immigration countries, adherents of the “one nation, one language” idea face a unique ideological problem: to claim that the national language is a sign of national loyalty and…

Ingrid PillerMarch 4, 2013

Language, lies and statistics

Speak English, people! says British politician Ed Miliband (Source: msn.com) Every ten years the UK government conducts a census, which every British resident is obliged by law to take part…

Deborah CameronFebruary 22, 2013

English as a global language

Is English improving lives in a remote Indonesian village?

The house of the English high school teacher in the village in Sulawesi where Pasassung conducted his fieldwork In a recent post, I reviewed language policy research that shows how…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 1, 2013

Language in Australia

Multiculturalism without multilingualism

Multiculturalism in Australia: Should it be seen but not heard? (Source: det.wa.edu.au) Australia has embraced multiculturalism as official national policy since the 1970s. Interestingly, the most recent incarnation of the…

Shiva Motaghi TabariJanuary 29, 2013

English as a global language

Taiwan’s love affair with American English

Ad for a private English language school in Taiwan: the normalization of American English is obvious in the name and imagery There is no denying the fact that English has…

Jackie ChangJanuary 22, 2013

English as a global language

آموزش سوپرمارکتی زبان های خارجی

Constructing language learning as global choice on melale.ir Persian version of Vahid Parvaresh, "Supermarket Language Learning"; translated by Behnam Keimasi (بهنام کیماسی) در ایران، همانند بسیار دیگری از کشورها، دولت به…

Vahid ParvareshJanuary 16, 2013

English as a global language

English for everyone is unfair

Promoting English language learning: billboard for private early English instruction in Wuhan Knowledge of English has come to be seen as the key talent of the 21st century, a way…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 11, 2013

English as a global language

Supermarket language learning

Constructing language learning as global choice on melale.ir In Iran, as in many other countries, the state has traditionally been a very powerful actor in the field of second language…

Vahid ParvareshDecember 10, 2012

Language in Australia

Australia’s Asia Literacy Debate

Australia in Asia (Source: unitingworld.org.au) Since starting a PhD in February in a different field to my previous work, I’ve been running a weekly alert with the words “language” and…

Hanna TorshOctober 2, 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

Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video “How fair is fashion”

English as a global language

Illegitimate English

Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video "How fair is fashion?" The other day I watched a show about global textile production. How fair is fashion? by…

Ingrid PillerAugust 27, 2012

Language learning

Multilingual Europe

Percentage of Europeans who speak three or more languages (2012 Eurobarometer 'Europeans and their Languages', p. 14) The 2012 Eurobarometer Report “Europeans and their languages” was published last month and…

Ingrid PillerJuly 18, 2012