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Multilingual families

Names on the move: Ghanaian names in the Diaspora

I am one of Ingrid and Kimie’s PhD students. My research deals with second language learning and African resettlement in Australia. For my first guest blog, I would like to…
English as a global language

Multilingual provision is cheaper than English-Only

Hiroshi Mikitani, Englishnization in Marketplace 3.0 (Source: gettyimages.co.uk) The business and self-help section of my local Kinokuniya bookstore is currently featuring shelves and shelves of Marketplace 3.0: Rewriting the rules…
Language and globalization

Thinking language with chocolate

  Easter chocolates in the supermarket (Image credit: Wikimedia) I’ve been thinking a lot about chocolate lately. Maybe because it is Easter and supermarkets in my part of the world…
Language at work
Language in the catfish war
Language and social justice
Intercultural communication over coffee
Language and migration
Stereotyped ethnic names as a barrier to workplace entry
Language in education
Educating Burmese migrant students in China
Language politics
Where is the Arabic?
Multilingual histories
Alexander von Humboldt visits Australia