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Language in education

Refugee children left behind as eagle lands on the moon

Yesterday, the New York Times carried a heart-breaking story about an exceptional school principal forced from her position under No-Child-Left-Behind legislation in order for the school district to obtain federal…
Language and law

Linguistics meets law

Laura and Alex getting ready for their presentation at the Humboldt Symposium This time two years ago, Alexandra Grey (my blog co-author) and I had realized that there were important…
Linguistic landscapes

Transliterated brand names

London Dairy ad on a building in Abu Dhabi, UAE Igloo ad on truck in Abu Dhabi, UAE I’ve just come across a 2006 University of South Africa MA thesis investigating…
Language in education
Educating Burmese migrant students in China
Multilingual histories
Բազմամշակույթ Իսֆահանի Ոսկէ Շրջանը
No Sex for Generation On-the-Move
Language and globalization
No Sex for Generation On-the-Move
Intercultural communication
New ways to answer old questions about Ramadan
Language and social justice
Many tongues instead of one!
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Judging Refugees