Tag Archives: Japan

مردها، زبان انگلیسی و رومانسِ بین المللی

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Vahid Parvaresh

Persian version of Lachlan Jackson’s award-winning blog post about interlingual relationships. Translated by مطهره سامری (Motahare Sameri) “وقتی پای عشق به میان می آید ژاپنی ها محبوب ترین موجودات روی کره ی زمین نیستند. تلخ است ولی حقیقت دارد.” این ادعای میکو … Continue reading →

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iboyfriend iBoyfriend

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Lachlan Jackson

Having lived and taught English in Japan for more than fifteen years, until last night I’d thought I’d seen it all. That was until I stumbled across the もし彼氏が外国人だったら英会話 (What if my Boyfriend was a Foreigner English Conversation [my translation]) … Continue reading →

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866933_japanese_stop_sign Not knowing English good for business?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

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 large English-learning populations are supposed to be “developing” and “modernizing.” Critical sociolinguists have, … Continue reading →

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Futenma Airbase, right in the middle of the city Language revitalization and liberation

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

I’ve recently come across the story of Chibana Shoichi, who burnt the Japanese flag in 1987 to commemorate the Okinawan victims of WWII Japanese militarism. The story is intriguing not because of the flag-burning incident but because Shoichi also keeps … Continue reading →

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JOTM_featured Japanese on the Move

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Thank you all for waiting – we are thrilled to present you with the new-look Language on the Move 3.0! This is the second time we have renewed our site since our first launch in October 2009, and with very … Continue reading →

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