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Language in education

Are we killing the joy of reading?

In this library, children like to "cook the books" in the toy oven (Source: Smith, 2017) In preparation for a course on “Literacies” I’m teaching this semester, I spent the…
Language and law

Linguistic Diversity as a Challenge for Legal Policy

(Image credit: Tingey Injury Law Firm, via Unsplash) The Griffith Law Review has just published a thematic issue on ‘Linguistic diversity as a challenge to legal policy’, which Laura Smith-Khan…
English belongs to everyone
English as a global language

English belongs to everyone?

English belongs to everyone? The claim that “English belongs to everyone who uses it” has continued to gain more and more cultural cache, at least in global (English) academic circles.…
Multilingual families
Lost in bilingual parenting
Language learning
German is so funny. Not.
English as a global language
Taiwan’s love affair with American English
Language in Australia
Holiday treat for language lovers
Language in education
‘Investing in language:’ Why do we think about language education the way we do?
Language and social justice
Can English skills help end migrant exploitation?