Next week, Tokyo will be the hottest hub of language and gender researchers! Tsuda College is hosting the Sixth International Language and Gender Association Conference (IGALA) Sept 18 - 20,…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江September 6, 2010
Wiley has just launched its new Handbook of Language and Globalization, edited by Nikolas Coupland. The Handbook consists of 28 chapters by well-known sociolinguists, including our very own Ingrid Piller and Kimie…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江August 30, 2010
This weekend, if you were out shopping, you couldn't escape the electioneering for the 2010 Australian federal election. I do my grocery shopping in Eastwood, one of Sydney’s most multicultural…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 26, 2010
In Japan, “English as official language policy” (英語公用語化) is currently trending on social networking sites. Two large Japanese corporations, Rakuten and Uniqlo, recently announced the adoption of English as their…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 22, 2010
On August 04, Prof. Masaki Oda, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Center for University International Programs at Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, will be visiting Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 20, 2010
Ingrid Piller is invited to give a special lecture, entitled "Migrants, Language and Social Inclusion", at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, on September 22nd. Her talk is part of the Waseda University Liberal…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 19, 2010
We are thrilled to announce that Lachlan's first blog post with Language on the Move has made it on the Editor's Selection at Researchblogging.org! Congratulations, Lockie! Read his award winning post…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江July 18, 2010
Ingrid is a keynote speaker at the 2010 International Gender and Language conference in Tokyo in September. In preparation for the conference, she was interviewed by Laurel Kamada for The Language Teacher, a publication published by the…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江May 26, 2010
“Child pornography and English language learning”?! Could there be a connection?! Difficult to believe but true - I’m referring to a best selling English phrase book for Japanese high school…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江March 8, 2010
Japan’s aging population and the growing number of young Japanese shunning ‘3D’ jobs (dirty, dangerous and demanding) has resulted in an increasing demand for foreign nurses and eldercare workers. In…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 17, 2010
For the last so many years I have been feeling sorry for Tourism Australia. Since their Paul Hogan (our one and only Crocodile Dundee) mega hit tourism campaign in the…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江November 5, 2009
Ingrid and I have done sociolinguistic research in a few different contexts, including study abroad, migration and tourism. I also find my own marriage as a fascinating space where I…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江October 22, 2009
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