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English as a global language

Reading to learn in another language

A non-fluent Latin reader painstakingly worked her way through this text “Man is an obligate aerobe”, I recently read in a medicine book for general readers (Nuland, 1993). The phrase…
Language and globalization

Dreams vs. realities in English

We all have childhood dreams. Mine was to become a writer, which, unfortunately, was not well received by my parents because it is a “hungry” job. Due to the absence…
Language in education

Access denied

Nanai/Hezhe children (Source: Wikipedia) We have often examined here on Language on the Move how ‘English for all’ educational policies entrench inequality rather than alleviate disadvantage (e.g., here or here).…
Language and globalization
No Sex for Generation On-the-Move
Multilingual histories
Cultural brokering
English as a global language
English, China, and the Olympic Games
English as a global language
Eurovision
Language and law
Bringing linguistic research into legal scholarship and practice
Language in education
Do monolingual teachers produce a Golem effect in multilingual students?