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Language and globalization

放过中式英语吧!

Multilingual sign in Namtso (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Chinese version of my recent blog post about Chinglish Translated by Zhang Jie (张洁); 译文:张洁 设想某日《纽约时报》向读者征集最喜爱的金发女郎笑话或者有色人种所做的最滑稽的事。再设想该活动开展后迅速充斥了整个网络空间,任何对性别或种族问题有所兴趣的人都在博客、facebook和微博上热烈讨论着,甚至连从事性别和种族研究的学者们也开始群情激昂地对金发女郎或有色人种的荒谬行径提供种种分析。
Language and tourism

Language strategy in the hospitality sector

Language needs in the hospitality sector in Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia (Source: paddleinspain.com) Multilingualism means business. The more foreign language skills are availalble to a company, the better it will be…
Children in traditional costume at annual Mongolian Festival (Nadaam) in Sydney (Image credit: What’s On)
Multilingual families

How to maintain Mongolian in Australia?

Child at annual Mongolian Festival (Naadam) in Sydney (Image credit: What's On) Maintaining their heritage language is paramount for migrants internationally as language is not just a communication tool. It…
Language in education
Child language brokering
Language and social justice
Voices of African-Australian Youth
Intercultural communication
More than meets the eye
Language and migration
Refugees in the media: Villains and victims
Multilingual families
Children of migrant Deaf adults
Multilingual histories
Erasing diversity