Category Archives: Multilingual academics

transnational literature Transnational literature

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

One of the great joys of my work is to see my students prosper and I’m thrilled to be able to share the poetry of a former student of mine, Md. Rezaul Haque, here on Language-on-the-Move. A postcolonial literature researcher … Continue reading →

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SSCI journals by country, 2007; Source: Kang 2009, p. 201 Does internationalization change research content?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

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 translates into the pressure to publish in English, leaving researchers from non-English-speaking backgrounds at a … Continue reading →

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An essay by Yoshiko Nakano in Yomiuri Newspaper, 5 January 2011 Who’s inward-looking?

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

“Young people in Japan no longer want to go abroad.” This news reached me in Australia last year and formed part of the background for our analysis of the Japanese TESOL industry in “The Dark Side of TESOL.” Since then, … Continue reading →

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Michael Clyne with Emi Otsuji, the 2009 winner of the Michael Clyne Prize In memoriam Michael Clyne

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

I was saddened this morning to read the Australian Linguistics Society’s news about Michael Clyne’s passing! Australian sociolinguistics has lost its doyen, and we have all lost a strong advocate for a multilingual, multicultural, diverse and tolerant society. Michael has … Continue reading →

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Commemorative stamp, German federal post, 1989: 300 years French school Berlin Providing bilingual education since 1689

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

I’ve been teaching about bilingualism for more than a decade and when I speak about bilingual education and dual-immersion programs I draw on examples from Canada and the USA. These are the examples that fill the literature and the textbooks. … Continue reading →

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