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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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Linguistic landscapes

Mal Lawwal: Linguistic landscapes of Qatar

New documentary explores identity in the linguistic landscape with a focus on Qatar Focusing on official street signs in Qatar written with non-standard Arabic spellings, Mal Lawal explores the complex interplay of…
Language at work

Language and the stratification of restaurant labour

Different languages for different jobs in this Los Angeles restaurant Are there language requirements for working in restaurants in Los Angeles? These two employment signs that I saw in the…
Language and social justice

Can English skills help end migrant exploitation?

In Bahrain, I was beaten. For example, they asked for tea. I gave tea leaves. I did not make the tea. She put her hand on my neck and moved…
Language and migration
How language and race mediate migrant inclusion
English as a global language
Glocalization à la Suisse
Intercultural communication
Inventing languages
Language and migration
Learn English, Make Friends!
Linguistic landscapes
English or Persian?
Intercultural communication
Intercultural communication at work: Poles in China