Skip to main content

Picks from our archives

Language at work

Accountants as language workers

It is probably the least intuitive way of describing accountants, but these number-crunchers are, in fact, also language workers. This part of their professional identity is largely hidden for at…
Language and law

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament

The material and linguistic representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in parliaments can be important against a history of exclusion. Similarly, this new mural at my workplace by…
Language learning

Reading ‘Culture Shock’ in Isfahan

In the past three decades attention has shifted from communicative competence to discourse as a frame for understanding the challenges faced by language learners. Yet, the question of how stereotyping…
Language and social justice
Visiting the Ausländerbehörde
Language in education
Sink-or-swim for international students
Language and migration
Life in a language you are still learning
Language politics
How do language rights affect minority languages in China?
English as a global language
Language work in the internet café
Language in education
Will education reform wipe out Mongolian language and culture?