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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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Intercultural communication

Temples helping heritage language maintenance in Australia

Murugan Temple, Colombo (Source: Andy Nobes) Do you know which non-Christian religion has grown the fastest in Australia since the new millennium? You might be surprised to hear that it’s…
Language learning

The textbook wall

Have you ever felt a wall of textbooks around you, obstructing your vision and thinking, rather than widening your horizon? That’s how one of my research participants, let’s call him…
Multilingual families

Christmas in Nicaragua

Purísima altar Editor's Note: We are delighted to be able to share this report about 'the festive season' in Nicaragua, a context that is probably quite alien to many of our…
Intercultural communication
Do bilinguals really have two souls?
Language learning
Reading ‘Culture Shock’ in Isfahan
Language learning
Tyranny of Poverty
Language learning
The language cringe of the native speaker
Language politics
Counting the uncountable: linguistic diversity in Nepal
Language learning
Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals