Tag Archives: metrolingualism

Reza's well-used Japanese-Persian and English-Persian dictionaries A tale of two foreigners in Japan

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Lachlan Jackson

This is the first in a series of blog posts about my experiences undertaking an ongoing research project. In this series I will be detailing some of the methodological challenges I encounter as well as the strategies I adopt to … Continue reading →

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monolinguismo The monolingual myth

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Alastair Pennycook

This critique has been an important one but it runs into a problem when we consider the idea of monolingualism itself. At the same time that this critique of monolingual mindsets has aimed to stir up the multilingual pot and … Continue reading →

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fb_growth rates Multilingualism 2.0

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

The social networking market research site Inside Facebook has some intriguing language stats. In July, the fastest-growing languages on Facebook were Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and French. The Portuguese growth rate was a staggering 11.8%. Arabic grew by 9.2%, Spanish by … Continue reading →

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