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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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schibboleth Pronunciation: A Matter of Life and Death

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

Translation of Christoph Gutknecht, “Codewort Schibboleth”, originally published in Jüdische Allgemeine, July 07, 2011 Each time I visit France and have breakfast there, I am reminded of Goethe. In his 1792 essay “Campagne in Frankreich” he offered this spot-on description … Continue reading →

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highschool Long-term English language learners

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

When I first started teaching in Australia, I had a Korean-Australian student in one of my undergraduate classes who sounded like most of the other students in my class, like a native speaker of Australian-English. The daughter of Korean immigrants, … Continue reading →

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Commemorative stamp, German federal post, 1989: 300 years French school Berlin Providing bilingual education since 1689

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

I’ve been teaching about bilingualism for more than a decade and when I speak about bilingual education and dual-immersion programs I draw on examples from Canada and the USA. These are the examples that fill the literature and the textbooks. … 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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