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Language Rights Defenders Award

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) The Global Coalition for Language Rights is pleased to announce the first annual Language Rights Defenders Award. This award aims to recognize and honor individuals who demonstrate…
Gerald Roche
March 28, 2024

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Language and social justice

Auslan in Australia: Fighting for a Voice

Auslan interpreter Stephen Nicholson gained prominence in Tasmania during Covid (Image credit: The Advocate) When you think about Australia’s linguistic diversity, which languages come to mind? Based on the nation’s…
Multilingual histories

Is English spelling an insult to human intelligence?

One of countless internet memes about crazy English spelling (Source: angmohdan.com) During a dreary German winter in the 1980s, I would get up early each Friday morning, wrap myself up…
Language in education

Refugee children left behind as eagle lands on the moon

Yesterday, the New York Times carried a heart-breaking story about an exceptional school principal forced from her position under No-Child-Left-Behind legislation in order for the school district to obtain federal…
Multilingual families
What if I lose my language? What if I have lost my language?
Language and migration
Domestic violence in a multilingual world
Intercultural communication
What did Angela Merkel really say?
Language and social justice
Intercultural communication over coffee
Language in education
Dodgy data and language misdiagnosis
English as a global language
Free language choice?