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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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English as a global language

How do universities decide whose English needs to be tested for admission?

(Image credit: Mana Akbarzadegan via Unsplash) When Muhammad* applied for admission to a postgraduate degree at an Australian university, he was asked to show evidence of his English language proficiency.…
Language and migration

Discrimination by any other name: Language tests and racist migration policy in Australia

Australia: The White Man's Land (Source: NLA) Australia has a proud national narrative of migration and multiculturalism. It also has an equally prevalent history of exclusionary and discriminatory migration policy.…
Language and globalization

Is English stealing the home of Mongolian?

The website of Hohhot Baita International Airport provides information in Chinese and English but not in Mongolian Update, Sept 16, 2020: A Mongolian translation of this blog post is now…
English as a global language
Baking a cookie in Iran
Multilingual families
The Birthday Party: A Montessori Mother in Japan
Multilingual histories
Providing bilingual education since 1689
Language politics
Language Politics and Policy in Contemporary Maharashtra
Language at work
Linguistic discrimination at work
Linguistic landscapes
Ridiculous English signs