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Language Rights Defenders Award

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) The Global Coalition for Language Rights is pleased to announce the first annual Language Rights Defenders Award. This award aims to recognize and honor individuals who demonstrate…
Gerald Roche
March 28, 2024

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Language and tourism

Do you speak Swiss?

A most amazing book has just landed on my desk: Do you speak Swiss, edited by Walter Haas, is the final report on a Swiss National Research Project devoted to…
Language and globalization

From oil spill to Brexit

The oil slick as seen from space (Source: Wikipedia) The British decision to exit the European Union (EU) in 2016 came as a surprise to many. In the lead up…
Linguistic landscapes

جادوی انگلیسی

Persian version of my recent blog post about the magic of English Translated by Behnam Keimasi (بهنام کیماسی)   در چند هفته ی آینده دانشجویان من در درس مبانیِ جامعه…
Language learning
هشدار: انگلیسی جهانی ممکن است به سلامت روانی شما آسیب برساند
Multilingual histories
Children of ANZAC
English as a global language
انگلیسی یا فارسی؟
Multilingual families
Whose job is it to raise the kids (bilingually)?
English as a global language
English and development aid work
Language at work
Foreign nurses face the Kanji hurdle