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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 globalization

Language policy for China-Pakistan cooperation

(Image credit: Farooqi & Aftab, 2018) Editor's note: As Confucius Institutes are closing in western countries, as Jeffrey Gil analysed recently, Chinese language learning continues to expand across the global…
English as a global language

Music on the Move

Carnatic singer Prema Anandakrishnan and her accompanists performing for the monthly Sydney Music Circle concert An important element of language relates to its aesthetic use, in other words, how we…
Language learning

Korean beats French

If you could choose to learn a foreign language, which one would it be? And why? Such choices are usually constrained by what is on offer. However, someone must choose…
Intercultural communication
Two Caravans
Multilingual histories
Is English spelling an insult to human intelligence?
Language and tourism
English in Iran
Language and social justice
The native speaker concept
Language learning
Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals
Language in education
What do migrant parents expect from schools?