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Linguistic landscapes

Happy Birthday, UAE!

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating another National Day! And they are doing it in style! I was lucky to enter the country exactly on its 40th birthday and so…
Linguistic landscapes

Pencils on the move

Sadly, my sabbatical is drawing to a close and one of the things to think about now is souvenirs. My sabbatical involved visits to Germany, Iran and the United Arab…
Language and migration

Postnatal depression and language proficiency

Postnatal depression (Source: rcpsych.ac.uk) Last week I was interviewed for a publication intended to showcase the achievements of women in research. When the interviewer, Meryl Hancock, asked me about the…
Intercultural communication
Temples helping heritage language maintenance in Australia
Language in Australia
Monolingual mindset in the lucky country
Language learning
iBoyfriend
Language learning
Gaining a Green Thumb for Grassroots Language Activism
Intercultural communication
Condoms in translation
Multilingual families
The Calendar: A Montessori Mother in Japan