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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

The colonial cringe in academia

When I lived in Abu Dhabi, I once visited a university in another Middle Eastern country. As part of the visit I did a guest lecture about my research, I…
Language and migration

Refugees in the media: Villains and victims

The current global political climate regarding refugees, while always dynamic and complex, has become particularly charged in the last two years as the Syrian civil war and other events in…
Language and migration

The real problem with linguistic shirkers

Asylum seekers practicing German (Source: Schwaebische.de) Germany has discovered a new social type that is causing grief in modern diverse societies: the “Integrationsverweigerer;” literally someone who refuses to integrate, a…
Language and migration
Who is a real refugee?
English as a global language
Is English improving lives in a remote Indonesian village?
Language learning
Teachers Against Discrimination in Taiwan
Language and social justice
The native speaker concept
Language and law
Language Rights in a Changing China
Language in education
Can ESL teachers play a role in helping maintain the home language?