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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 in education

Are we killing the joy of reading?

In this library, children like to "cook the books" in the toy oven (Source: Smith, 2017) In preparation for a course on “Literacies” I’m teaching this semester, I spent the…
English as a global language

What happens when researcher and researched speak different languages?

Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon interviewing unidentified Yanomami people Editor's note: How do researchers in anthropology and sociology deal with linguistic diversity? Do they learn the language(s) of the people they work…
Intercultural communication

The long conversation: Australia and China

Australia-China Youth Dialogue 2014 I recently returned from the Australia China Youth Dialogue in Beijing, my head buzzing with new ideas. The Dialogue promotes “more sophisticated cross-cultural understanding among Australian…
Language and migration
Who is a real refugee?
Language in education
Are the children of intermarried couples smarter?
Language and globalization
Urban sociolinguistics in Dubai
Multilingual families
The Birthday Party: A Montessori Mother in Japan
Language learning
Teachers Against Discrimination in Taiwan
English as a global language
English and development aid work