Tag Archives: United Arab Emirates

39 years uae Happy birthday, UAE!

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating their 39th national day this month. Trucial Oman, as it was then known, became independent from their semi-colonial relationship with Britain in December 1971 and the country has since experienced some dramatic changes: its … Continue reading →

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LOTMLogoBig Language on the Move in the Middle East

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lg_on_the_move

In December and January Ingrid will be visiting universities in Iran and the United Arab Emirates and she will be speaking about her research in the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, language learning and intercultural communication there. She will also facilitate the … Continue reading →

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Multilingual diversity marketing

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

As the UAE is still abuzz with the opening of the Burj Khalifa, I thought a post to mark the occasion might be in order. Seeing that I’m blogging on social aspects of multilingualism and language learning, the Tower of … Continue reading →

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Where is the Arabic?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Ingrid Piller

Finally, today on Day 3 of our conference on Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives someone asked “Where is the Arabic?” “How come a conference devoted to multilingualism and taking place in an Arab country is conducted entirely in … Continue reading →

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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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