Saul Tello Jr., Orestimba High Valedictorian 2012 (Source: CBS Sacramento) When US high schools make international headlines, it’s usually because of a school shooting. But Orestimba High in Newman, a…
Ingrid PillerJuly 4, 2012
Professor Bob Hodge When I was a PhD student, I read two books in Discourse Analysis, which were to become fundamental to my understanding of the field, namely Social Semiotics…
Ingrid PillerJune 14, 2012
Caroline Tennant Kelly with two of her photos from the Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement (Source: Sydney Morning Herald at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/the-bohemian-and-her-mission-20100416-skgk.html)In 1924 the first university Department of Anthropology in Australia was founded…
Ingrid PillerMay 22, 2012
Memorial to Yiman leader Bilba at Wallumbilla (Source: Goodbye Bussamarai) On October 27, 1857, a group of Aboriginal Australians, members of a group known as Yiman carried out a massacre:…
Ingrid PillerApril 27, 2012
Many things have changed in Australia since I first came here in the mid-1990s. One of these is a noticeable increase in displays of national ardour: for instance, there is…
Ingrid PillerApril 20, 2012
Inside Story has a must-read article about language testing for citizenship in Australia today Citizenship for beginners The Howard government made it harder for some nationalities to become citizens, and…
Ingrid PillerApril 16, 2012
Erosion caused by rabbits in a gully in South Australia I’ve spent this morning decorating Easter eggs and making origami Easter bunnies with my child. Tomorrow I’m going to host an Easter egg hunt and in…
Ingrid PillerApril 7, 2012
Persian translation of English or Persian? مترجم: بهنام کیماسی معنای ماشین نوشته یِ انگلیسیِ رویِ این اتومبیل چیست؟ این یکی از سوال هایی بود که من در دومین کارگاه آموزشی…
Ingrid PillerApril 4, 2012
The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held next week: Linguistic diversity and social justice Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University Abstract: My…
Ingrid PillerMarch 12, 2012
Editor's note, 22/01/2014: One of the joys of running Language on the Move is to experience its international collaborative reach in action. Two years ago, one of our readers, Olya Belenkaya, asked…
Ingrid PillerMarch 7, 2012
Have you recently had a manicure or a pedicure? I haven’t. In fact, I’ve never been to a nail salon in my life. Until about a decade ago that would…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 27, 2012
Hungarians in RomaniaUp until a few decades ago, the academic consensus – along with public opinion – was that bilingualism is detrimental to the individual and society. Nowadays, that has…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 20, 2012
Ever since I left my native village in the Bavarian Forest more than 25 years ago, I have been returning for regular, even if infrequent, visits. Over the years, there…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 15, 2012
Sadly, my sabbatical is drawing to a close and one of the things to think about now is souvenirs. My sabbatical involved visits to Germany, Iran and the United Arab…
Ingrid PillerJanuary 26, 2012
Those of us in the broad area of TESOL often labor under the assumption of the invincibility of English hegemony. Whether they deplore it or exult in it, many people…
Ingrid PillerJanuary 17, 2012
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