Inside the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Savior in Isfahan. Construction began in 1606 and was completed in the 1660s (Source: Wikipedia) Last week I had the privilege of attending,…
Promoting English language learning: billboard for private early English instruction in Wuhan Knowledge of English has come to be seen as the key talent of the 21st century, a way…
Carl Rohling, The Teplitz incidence. Goethe (left) draws his hat and bows to the imperial party while Beethoven (front-center) strides on Over the holidays, I’ve had the opportunity to read…
So much hot air: the character for "meeting" consists of the one for "cloud" under a roof Before my recent visit to Wuhan and Hong Kong I was planning to…
Multilingual Hong Kong (Katherine Chen and Gray Carper, 2005-2007) During our visit to Hong Kong, Kimie and I met Katherine Chen, who introduced us to a sociolinguistic film she has…
Professor Adam Jaworski and intercultural communication students at the University of Hong Kong It is one of the joys of having written a book like Intercultural Communication that readers like…
Members of the Language on the Move team meeting at ZUEL: Li Jia, Zhang Jie, Ingrid Piller, Kimie Takahashi, Guo Jian, Jackie Chang (fltr) Last week members of the Language…
Who of these two men do you expect to speak better English?* I am very much looking forward to attending the International Conference on Research and Applications of Intercultural Communication…
Bilingual kids are more resilient October is Mental Health month here in New South Wales. The campaign runs under the slogan “Celebrate, connect, grow” and includes some fantastic tips how…
Gunbalanya School in West Arnhem Land (Source: abc.net.au) Last week, the results of the 2012 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) were published. As has been the case…
"Wir neuen Deutschen" and "Growing up Lebanese Muslim in Australia" A little while ago, my daughter, who attends Year 5 in an Australian public school, received a “Resilience Award” for…
Michael Clyne, Australia's Language Potential. UNSW Press, 2005. ***Update 03/10: Program and all details now available at https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-social-inclusion**** ***Update 25/09: RSVPs are now open. Attendance is free but you have…
Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video "How fair is fashion?" The other day I watched a show about global textile production. How fair is fashion? by…
Postnatal depression (Source: rcpsych.ac.uk) Last week I was interviewed for a publication intended to showcase the achievements of women in research. When the interviewer, Meryl Hancock, asked me about the…
Plaque commemorating the work of migrants in the construction of the Mundaring Weir In response to my blog post about the disparity between educational qualifications and employment outcomes faced by…
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