Migrant children studying in a Brazilian school in Japan (Source: Japan Times) A recent study of the educational pathways of the children of Brazilian migrants in Japan offers a most…
Ingrid PillerMay 28, 2013
Different languages for different jobs in this Los Angeles restaurant Are there language requirements for working in restaurants in Los Angeles? These two employment signs that I saw in the…
Calvin N. HoMarch 25, 2013
Montana: the picture postcard state is not conducive to the empowerment of migrant women It is international women’s day today and the world’s women are on the move like never…
Ingrid PillerMarch 8, 2013
Michael Clyne, Australia's Language Potential. UNSW Press, 2005. ***Update 03/10: Program and all details now available at https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-social-inclusion**** ***Update 25/09: RSVPs are now open. Attendance is free but you have…
Ingrid PillerSeptember 5, 2012
Postnatal depression (Source: rcpsych.ac.uk) Last week I was interviewed for a publication intended to showcase the achievements of women in research. When the interviewer, Meryl Hancock, asked me about the…
Ingrid PillerAugust 20, 2012
Plaque commemorating the work of migrants in the construction of the Mundaring Weir In response to my blog post about the disparity between educational qualifications and employment outcomes faced by…
Ingrid PillerAugust 15, 2012
Average employment outcomes of the tertiary-educated (Source: Colic-Peisker 2011, p. 647) The labour market integration of migrants presents a persistent conundrum. The Australian story – as that of other migrant…
Ingrid PillerAugust 10, 2012
Pakistani flour mill workers recovering from a near-fatal lung infection due to poor occupational health and safety conditions, West Ham Hospital, 1960s (Source: Qureshi 2012, p. 7) To be transnational…
Ingrid PillerJuly 24, 2012
Meat workers, Fletcher Abattoir (Source: SheepCRC)The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held on Tuesday, June 12: English in the meat works…
Lg_on_the_moveMay 27, 2012
I’m one of the comparatively unlucky few swimming against the global linguistic tide. I’m a mother tongue speaker of English, “the” global language. That means if I want to become…
Christof Demont-HeinrichApril 3, 2012
Have you recently had a manicure or a pedicure? I haven’t. In fact, I’ve never been to a nail salon in my life. Until about a decade ago that would…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 27, 2012
Ever since I left my native village in the Bavarian Forest more than 25 years ago, I have been returning for regular, even if infrequent, visits. Over the years, there…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 15, 2012
English and ASEAN Ever since I arrived in Bangkok in 2011, I’ve being witnessing the amazing spread of English fever. At the national level, Thailand is wholeheartedly invested in the…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 3, 2012
Mi-Cha Flubacher, Alfonso Del Percio and Alexandre Duchêne (Institute of Multilingualism, University/PH Fribourg), are inviting papers for the thematic session "The legitimate speaker in a transforming political economy" (Session ID…
Mi-Cha Flubacher and Shirley YeungDecember 13, 2011
Much of my work in recent years around language learning and migrant settlement has questioned the straightforward link between language learning and settlement success. Policy makers as well as migrants…
Ingrid PillerJune 6, 2011
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