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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 social justice

Crossing borders or carrying borders?

Christmas party at an International High School in Yunnan Over the past few decades, an increasing number of Burmese international students have enrolled in high schools in Yunnan, a province…
Language and globalization

E lasciate in pace il Chinglish!

Multilingual sign in Namtso (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Italian version of my blog post about Chinglish. Translated by Emanuela Moretto Per un attimo provate a pensare che il New York Times abbia…
English as a global language
Happy birthday, UAE!
Language in Australia
Bilingualism and language learning on TV
Intercultural communication
Love on the Move: How Tinder is changing the way we date
English as a global language
انگلیسی یا فارسی؟
Intercultural communication
Japanese on the Move
Language and migration
Language or religion: which is the greater fault line in diverse societies?