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Language learning

German is so funny. Not.

Earlier this term I intercepted a note my 7-year-old had written to her teacher: “Ger Ger Ger; Don’t be so rude.” She was objecting to a reading comprehension exercise about…
Teacher expectation
Language in education

Do monolingual teachers produce a Golem effect in multilingual students?

Teacher expectations produce self-fulfilling prophecies in student performance: high teacher expectations result in students’ higher academic performance and low teacher expectations result in students’ lower academic performance. The positive effect…
Language in education

What do migrant parents expect from schools?

Dr Fadila Boutouchent during her guest lecture at Macquarie University When she was in kindergarten, my oldest daughter came home one day talking about "our soldiers" who "went to war for…
Language and globalization
Virtually multilingual
Language learning
هشدار: انگلیسی جهانی ممکن است به سلامت روانی شما آسیب برساند
Intercultural communication
I’m Dying to Speak to You
Language and social justice
Can English skills help end migrant exploitation?
Language and globalization
Money makes the world go round
Intercultural communication
The exotic Chinese language