Tag Archives: Multilingualism

Welcome-to-the-US Linguistic extremism

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Christof Demont-Heinrich

I know some people think what I am doing with my daughters – speaking German to them one-hundred percent of  the time even though German is a second language for me – is “extreme”. Since the very beginning, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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German-English vs. Spanish-English German-English vs. Spanish-English

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Christof Demont-Heinrich

I have frequently wondered how my experiences speaking German in public with my two daughters, 7, and 5, whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the United States, would be different if we were raising them … Continue reading →

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luxos_arab traveler Money talks

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Ingrid Piller

Those of us in the broad area of TESOL often labor under the assumption of the invincibility of English hegemony. Whether they deplore it or exult in it, many people assume that English is on a straight march to linguistic … Continue reading →

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English-or-Persian English or Persian?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

“What is the meaning of the choice of English in the slogan on this car?” That was one of the questions I asked the participants in the 2nd Language-on-the-Move Workshop I taught at the University of Isfahan. I had come … Continue reading →

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Language costs Language costs

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

USD 254,000: that is the cost of raising two children bilingually in English and German in Denver, Colorado. That’s a lot of money, and inspired me to do some number-crunching of my own. To begin with, it’s a reminder that … Continue reading →

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