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Language and globalization

From Minority Languages to Minoritized Languages

The national language is the mother tongue of the vast majority of citizens in most European states (Source: Josu Amezaga, MQ Lecture, 22-11-2017) Last week, Professor Josu Amezaga from the…

Pia TenederoNovember 30, 2017

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News

Seminar about Minority Languages

Map of European languages (Source: SB Language Maps) Invitation to public seminar about "Minority Languages" at Macquarie University What: Minority languages: what are we talking about? And why are we…

Lg_on_the_moveNovember 15, 2017

Language and globalization

More on banal cosmopolitanism

My banal cosmopolitan fridge magnets In response to my post about the banal cosmopolitanism of multilingual welcome signs last week, a number of people suggested that they quite enjoy finding…

Ingrid PillerNovember 6, 2017

Language and globalization

Banal cosmopolitanism

Multilingual "Welcome" sign in a shopping mall in Munich, Germany Have you recently seen a “welcome” sign? They constitute a strange genre: ever more ubiquitous on the one hand, yet…

Ingrid PillerOctober 31, 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 migration

Linguistic diversity and “cosmopolitan bias”

One of the consequences of the recent upsurge in nationalist politics around the world has been a rise in attacks on the idea of linguistic diversity. As national language ideologies…

Philip SeargeantSeptember 18, 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

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

News

2017 Australian PhD Prize for Innovations in Linguistics and Michael Clyne Prize

The Language-on-the-Move team is conducting award-winning research The Language on the Move team is delighted to share news of our multiple-award-winning research! 2017 Australian PhD Prize for Innovations in Linguistics The…

Lg_on_the_moveJuly 19, 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

Intercultural communication

Do bilinguals really have two souls?

Media image for "the dual identity" of bilinguals (Source: Luxemburger Wort) We keep reading media reports of studies which conclude that people who speak more than one language are capable of perceiving…

Hanan Ben NafaJune 5, 2017

Intercultural communication

Silent Invisible Women

Imagine you live under constant scrutiny in society: you are an Australian woman, you come from a Lebanese-Muslim background, and your hijab identifies you wherever you go. How would you…

Ayah WehbeJune 2, 2017

Multilingual families

Bidirectional Language Learning in Migrant Families

Our newest PhD, Dr Shiva Motaghi Tabari (3rd from left) The Language on the Move team is proud to announce another freshly-minted PhD in our midst! Dr Shiva Motaghi Tabari…

Lg_on_the_moveApril 27, 2017