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Language and migration

Learn English, Make Friends!

How to make English-speaking friends is one of the perennial hot topics for new overseas students and new migrants. Advice on how to make “native” friends circulates like an underground…

Ingrid PillerNovember 4, 2011

Language and globalization

Does internationalization change research content?

Source: Kang 2009, p. 201 Every linguistics undergraduate student is by now familiar with the fact of linguistic imperialism in academic publishing where the pressure to publish in international journals…

Ingrid PillerAugust 26, 2011

Language at work

Not knowing English good for business?

Japanese stop sign The current global orthodoxy holds that learning English is good: individuals who know English are supposed to have an advantage in the job market and countries with…

Ingrid PillerJune 27, 2011

English as a global language

British Royal Wedding in Iran

Recently, the British royal wedding made international front-page news. It was globally portrayed as an auspicious occasion for the world to remember; much like a well-written fairy-tale. The outcome was record-breaking:…

Vahid ParvareshMay 12, 2011

Language learning

Where is home?

Many of the people close to my heart are transnationals such as myself. Belonging is a frequently discussed topic in my circles, and often a topic that is surrounded by…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 26, 2011

Intercultural communication

Two Caravans

I’ve always thought that it would do the field of linguistics (and the humanities generally) a whole lot of good if linguists were also doing literary studies. I’m an old-fashioned…

Ingrid PillerNovember 22, 2009

Does internationalization change research content?

Not knowing English good for business?

British Royal Wedding in Iran

Two Caravans

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