Monolingualism – Page 7 – Language on the Move

Language and globalization

Give Chinglish a break!

Multilingual sign in Namtso (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Imagine the New York Times asked readers to send in their favorite blonde jokes or to report the funniest thing they’ve ever seen…

Ingrid PillerMay 26, 2010

Language and migration

Domestic violence in a multilingual world

Non-English speakers’ access to emergency services in Australia is in the news again as a Melbourne man has been convicted of the murder of his wife. What makes the case…

Ingrid PillerApril 12, 2010

Language politics

French Language Day

I missed the UN’s French language day! It’s not the fact that I missed it that bothers me – I’m late for pretty much everything – it’s the fact that…

Ingrid PillerApril 4, 2010

Language in Australia

Push for multi-lingual mindset

Listen to Ingrid Piller speaking about multilingualism and monolingualism in the tourism industry on ABC radio’s PM show.

Language on the MoveFebruary 27, 2010

Language at work

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

English-speaking countries have a poor track record when it comes to language learning. Educators in Australia, the UK and the USA regularly bemoan that fact and call for a change…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 21, 2010

News

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

Must-read post by Dennis Baron over at the Web of Language! A US university student who majors in Middle Eastern Studies was detained at Philadelphia Airport for carrying Arabic language…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 13, 2010

Language in Australia

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

National holidays are there to celebrate the nation and the opinion pages tend to be full of self-congratulation on such occasions. Australia is no exception and one of the more…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 3, 2010

Language at work

Linguistic discrimination at work

Deborah Cameron noted in 1995 that “linguistic bigotry is among the last publicly expressible prejudices left to members of the Western intelligentsia.” In the same vein, one could point out…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 22, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

Transliterated brand names

London Dairy ad on a building in Abu Dhabi, UAE Igloo ad on truck in Abu Dhabi, UAE I’ve just come across a 2006 University of South Africa MA thesis investigating…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 15, 2010

Language politics

Languages of the heart

While my Christmas post was of the gloomy kind, most blogs I follow had more heart-warming stories. Sociolingo Africa picked up a press release coming out of Orlando, Florida issued…

Ingrid PillerDecember 31, 2009

Language politics

Finally, today on Day 3 of our conference on Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives someone asked “Where is the Arabic?” “How come a conference devoted to multilingualism and…

Ingrid PillerDecember 20, 2009

Multilingual histories

The monolingual sniffer dog and the lonely rabbi

The current global order has thrown up yet another bewildering language problem: the monolingual sniffer dog! I glean the following from a recent NYT article about Rabbis in Montana: with…

Ingrid PillerDecember 11, 2009

Linguistic landscapes

Ridiculous English signs

Ridiculous English signs English speakers sometimes like to amuse themselves with ridiculous English signage from around the world. www.engrish.com is a typical example and I have to admit that there…

Ingrid PillerNovember 26, 2009

News

Virtual conference: breaking down the barriers

The Blackwell Compass series is organizing an interesting-looking virtual interdisciplinary conference for the second half of October at http://www.blackwell-compass.com/home_conference. It's free and there's still time to sign up. Sneak previews…

Ingrid PillerOctober 15, 2009

Research reflections

Sociolinguistics 2.0

Seeing that Kraft’s idea to brand their new Vegemite cheese spread as iSnack 2.0 has just backfired badly on them, I’m not so sure about the wisdom of talking about…

Ingrid PillerOctober 12, 2009

Language learning

Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals

Muslims around the world were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan recently and the greeting de jour here in Abu Dhabi was Ramadan Kareem!, which literally translates as “Ramadan is generous.” Ramadan…

Ingrid PillerOctober 11, 2009

Give Chinglish a break!

Domestic violence in a multilingual world

French Language Day

Push for multi-lingual mindset

Tipsy on multilingualism?!

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

Transliterated brand names

Languages of the heart

Where is the Arabic?

The monolingual sniffer dog and the lonely rabbi

Ridiculous English signs

Virtual conference: breaking down the barriers

Sociolinguistics 2.0

Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals

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