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Tag Archives: Germany
Providing bilingual education since 1689
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
Posted in Multilingual academics
Tagged academic literacies, bilingual education, Bilingualism, Canada, English, English as a Global Language, French, German, Germany, globalization, immersion education, Intercultural Communication, Japan, Japanese, language ideologies, Monolingualism, Multiculturalism, Multilingualism, Spanish, translation, USA
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What did Angela Merkel really say?
If you read English-language news, you could be forgiven for thinking that Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel recently came out strongly against multiculturalism and immigration. You could be forgiven, but you’d be wrong! The incident makes me wish once again English-language … Continue reading
Visiting the Ausländerbehörde
If you are a student or a guest researcher (like me) in Berlin and you need to get or renew a visa or need to change your visa status, you need to wait. The Ausländerbehörde (Immigration Office), which serves Berlin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Language, migration & social justice, Recent Posts
Tagged Ausländer, Ausländeramt, Ausländerbehörde, Berlin, Deutsch, Deutschland, German, Germany, Intercultural Communication, Linguistic landscape, Migration, Monolingualism, Multiculturalism, Multilingualism, Social inclusion, Turkish
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Tipsy on multilingualism?!
English-speaking countries have a poor track record when it comes to language learning. Educators in Australia, the UK and the USA regularly bemoan that fact and call for a change in language policy to strengthen the learning of languages other … Continue reading
Linguistic discrimination at work
Deborah Cameron noted in 1995 that “linguistic bigotry is among the last publicly expressible prejudices left to members of the Western intelligentsia.” In the same vein, one could point out that linguistic discrimination is among the last legal forms of … Continue reading
