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Language politics

How to Study Language and Social Relations in Times of Global Mobility

The Sociolinguistic Economy of Berlin Imagine you want to study language diversity as a phenomenon of contemporary society. Where do you start? You can, for example, ask teachers to count…
Intercultural communication

International education in RCEP, the world’s largest free trade zone

Diversity of international students is celebrated through images that map students onto nations represented by their flags International education is often touted as a golden road to fluency in another…
Chats in Linguistic Diversity

How to teach TESOL ethically in an English-dominant world

Carla Chamberlin, Ingrid Piller, and Mak Khan in conversation TESOL and social justice One of the thrusts of my research has been a critical examination of the social consequences of…
Language and tourism
More on orientalism and tourism
English as a global language
British Royal Wedding in Iran
Linguistic landscapes
Linguistic theory in Dubai
Language learning
What has Western masculinity got to do with English language learning for Japanese women?
Language in education
Sink-or-swim for international students
Language in Australia
The burden of multilingualism in Australia