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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

Where are you from?

The Adelaide delegation at this year's Esperanto conference. Indrani is in the front right. When we meet new people we often ask straight away: where are you from? For many…
Language and globalization

Who’s inward-looking?

Yoshiko Nakano's essay in Yomiuri Newspaper “Young people in Japan no longer want to go abroad.” This news reached me in Australia last year and formed part of the background…
Language and migration

Bitter gifts: migrants’ exclusive inclusion

Condemned to consume My migration newsfeed in the past few weeks has been dominated by news about the Syrian refugee crisis and the various European and international responses. But there…
English as a global language
Voice of China on the move
Language and social justice
“Speak English or Die!”
English as a global language
English propaganda creates blind spots
Language and social justice
The native speaker concept
Linguistic landscapes
Multilingual mismatch
English as a global language
Gay men, English and desire in Bangkok