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Multilingual histories

The monolingual sniffer dog and the lonely rabbi

The current global order has thrown up yet another bewildering language problem: the monolingual sniffer dog! I glean the following from a recent NYT article about Rabbis in Montana: with…
Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Linguistic diversity as a bureaucratic challenge

How do street-level bureaucrats in Austria’s public service deal with linguistic diversity? In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, I speak with Dr Clara Holzinger (University of Vienna)…
English-Only at Bon Secours
Language at work

English-Only at Bon Secours

English-Only at Bon Secours From what I read, there is a nursing shortage in the Global North. From North America to Japan and from Europe to the Gulf countries, rich…
Language in education
“Naughty boys” trying to learn
Language learning
Learning another language at church?
Language and globalization
Fighting for ‘pure’ Mongolian
Language and migration
Language and migration in Parramatta
English as a global language
English Gangnam Style
"Speak English or Die!" Vilification on a Melbourne bus caught on camera
Language and social justice
“Speak English or Die!”