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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

Condoms in translation

Condoms in translation It’s been impossible to escape this week’s media coverage of the pope’s comments about condoms and male prostitutes. There has been a lot of debate about what…
Language and social justice

Foreign language learning for minority empowerment?

LI Jia and LV Yong, Yunnan University ***  Editor’s note: There is a Chinese saying that two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠赛过一个诸葛亮). This proverb emphasizes both collective wisdom and the…
English as a global language

The secret of successful intercultural communication

“What is the secret to successful intercultural communication?” This was one of the questions I was asked after my lecture on “New directions in intercultural communication” at United Arab Emirates…
Language in education
Language test masquerading as literacy and numeracy test
Language politics
Shibboleth: Kyrgyz or Uzbek?
Language learning
Character challenge
Language and globalization
Becoming Diasporically Moroccan
Language and law
Crucial communication: language management in Australian asylum interviews
Language learning
In search of a language and an identity