Skip to main content
News

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

Picks from our archives

Multilingual histories

Reading and mind control

As a child, the Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) loved stories and he loved reading. Like many children, he was particularly fascinated with tales of adventure, exploration, and discovery. In…
Intercultural communication

Literacy and the differential value of knowledge

In today’s world, “literacy” is strongly associated with competence: the ability to read and write is the pre-condition for the acquisition of all kinds of knowledge and skills. The basic…
Multilingual families

What if I lose my language? What if I have lost my language?

Alia Amir's grandfather with his three daughters, ca. 1950 (Copyright: Alia Amir) I admire people, who, on the move, maintain and transfer their heritage languages to the next generations. By…
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Language makes the place
Language in Australia
Heritage language education in Australia and Sweden
Language and social justice
Is speaking English a civic duty?
English as a global language
Child pornography and English language learning
Intercultural communication
Intercultural rhetoric
Intercultural communication
The interpreting profession in Ancient Egypt