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Language and globalization

Anatomy of language shaming

This latest exploration in language shaming examines a language shame campaign on the internet and shows how it is used as a tool to suppress political debate and women’s public…

Ingrid PillerOctober 16, 2017

Next Gen Literacies

Happy Hangul Day!

King Sejong the Great (1397-1450) (Image source: Wikipedia) Today, South Koreans celebrate Hangul Day. Hangul Day is a national holiday to celebrate the Korean script. I am not aware of…

Ingrid PillerOctober 9, 2017

Language and migration

Feeling weird using your home language?

Fliers for Persian community events (Persian Library Parramatta, Nov 2010) Editor’s note: In the second instalment in our series “Explorations in Language Shaming”, Dr Shiva Motaghi-Tabari examines children’s attitudes towards…

Shiva Motaghi TabariOctober 5, 2017

Language in education

Explorations in language shaming

At the recent 16th International Conference on Minority Languages at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, I delivered a keynote lecture about “language shaming”. By “language shaming”, I mean (social) media…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 28, 2017

Language in education

Educating Burmese migrant students in China

Dr Li Jia (4th from right) with her supervisor, Professor Ingrid Piller, and members of the Language-on-the-Move team The Language on the Move team is proud to celebrate another PhD…

Lg_on_the_moveSeptember 22, 2017

Language and law

Forgotten and invisible? The legal protection of refugees with disabilities

Before starting my PhD in sociolinguistics at Macquarie University, I had the great privilege of being involved in a research project that was run out of Sydney Law School at…

Laura Smith-KhanSeptember 11, 2017

News

2017 BAAL Book Prize

Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice has won the 2017 annual book prize of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. Although I wasn’t able to attend the conference and award ceremony…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 4, 2017

Language and globalization

Dreams vs. realities in English

We all have childhood dreams. Mine was to become a writer, which, unfortunately, was not well received by my parents because it is a “hungry” job. Due to the absence…

Jinhyun ChoSeptember 1, 2017

Multilingual families

Bilingual parenting in the early years

As a parent you know how complicated it is to find a childcare centre for your children: you have a mental list of must-haves and no-goes; you browse the web;…

Victoria BenzAugust 22, 2017

Intercultural communication

Literacy and the differential value of knowledge

In today’s world, “literacy” is strongly associated with competence: the ability to read and write is the pre-condition for the acquisition of all kinds of knowledge and skills. The basic…

Ingrid PillerAugust 15, 2017

Next Gen Literacies

Literacy – the power code

U.S. Vice President Pence ignores NASA "DO NOT TOUCH" sign. Would anyone else get away with such illiterate behavior? “Literacy” is one of those words that everyone uses as a…

Ingrid PillerAugust 7, 2017

Language in education

Are we killing the joy of reading?

In this library, children like to "cook the books" in the toy oven (Source: Smith, 2017) In preparation for a course on “Literacies” I’m teaching this semester, I spent the…

Ingrid PillerJuly 31, 2017

Language in education

Aboriginal languages matter – but to who?

NAIDOC Week 2017 Logo Every year, the first week of July marks NAIDOC Week - a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and recognise the achievements of…

Britt JacobsenJuly 3, 2017

Language and globalization

Money makes the world go round

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has just come to an end. Like Christmas, Diwali or a wedding, the closing holiday, Eid al-Fitr, constitutes a massive occasion for gift-giving. In…

Ingrid PillerJune 27, 2017

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Language politics

Will technology make language rights obsolete?

Something has been nagging at me recently. I read a lot of tech news, and it seems automated translation is about to get a whole lot better, and a whole…

Dave SayersApril 25, 2017

Language in education

Building bridges through multilingual schooling: a mother-tongue pilot in East Timor is showing the way

Grade 2 Oral Tetun class Editor's note: As the Language on the Move team is busy preparing for the "Bridging Language Barriers" Symposium to be hosted at Macquarie University on March 16,…

Kerry Taylor-LeechMarch 2, 2017