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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 law

Frightful language tests

Trial by fire depicted in a medieval manuscript (Source: Wikipedia) In the Middle Ages those suspected of witchcraft were often subjected to a ‘trial by fire’ to prove their innocence…
Language and globalization

Do you ever wear language?

"This is English", a shop assistant told me. Language is literally “on the move” in the writing on clothing. We’ve all seen it but may not have taken much notice.…
Language learning

National Languages Curriculum

My daughter attends a public elementary school in NSW where the children are taught French for one hour each week. In 2009, she was away from her school for one…
Language and migration
The real problem with linguistic shirkers
Language learning
How the presence of a bilingual school changes the linguistic profile of a community
Intercultural communication
‘I’m not listening to you!’ Interacting in a linguistically diverse society
Linguistic landscapes
Croc warning
Language learning
Japanese lessons learnt from Velcro tape
English as a global language
Disenchanted in Bangkok