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Korean beats French

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Ingrid Piller

If you could choose to learn a foreign language, which one would it be? And why? Such choices are usually constrained by what is on offer. However, someone must choose the offerings – e.g., language policy makers around the world … Continue reading →

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croc warning_cairns Croc warning

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Ingrid Piller

I took a picture of this sign during a family holiday in Cairns. My then-six-year-old daughter noticed the German “Achtung” and so asked why it didn’t say “Warning” in her third language, Persian. Her father, the designated Persian-speaker in our … Continue reading →

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