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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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Multilingual histories

Cultural brokering

Rashid al-Din Monument in Soltaniyeh, Iran (Source: Wikipedia) Recently, I signed a contract for a revised second edition of my 2011 book Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction to be published…
English as a global language

Marketing English as the global language

"美語是通往世界最近的路" (American English, for children, is the royal road to the world): An English educator promises the world Taiwan is enthralled with learning American English. One of the reasons for…
Language and globalization

Globalization between crime and piety

How is your Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge coming along? One month has gone by and you should have ticked off at least one book from our list. I started with an…
Multilingual histories
Yiman does not have a word for ‘massacre’
Intercultural communication
Food connections
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Language makes the place
Linguistic landscapes
Japan in Arabia
Language in Australia
Bilingualism and language learning on TV
Intercultural communication
Intercultural Communication on Chinese TV