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Language learning

Linguistic extremism

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…
Language at work

English at work in Japan

In Japan, “English as official language policy” (英語公用語化) is currently trending on social networking sites. Two large Japanese corporations, Rakuten and Uniqlo, recently announced the adoption of English as their…
Language in education

Does a language have to be European to be ‘modern’?

Top 10 languages other than English spoken in England and Wales, 2011 (Source: ONS) Modern languages are not merely European languages. Obvious as this may seem, it needs restating as…
Language learning
Gaining a Green Thumb for Grassroots Language Activism
English as a global language
Mongolian on the market
Language in education
Dodgy data and language misdiagnosis
Intercultural communication
What did Angela Merkel really say?
Language learning
Selling English tuition
Language in education
Refugee children left behind as eagle lands on the moon