Language choice in bilingual couples as habit (excerpt from Piller, 2002, p. 137) In my research with bilingual couples, habit emerged as one of the main reasons for a couple’s…
Ingrid PillerAugust 1, 2018
English is the mother tongue of the Internet, or so it seems. English is omnipresent in the architecture of this breakthrough technology. You see it in the QWERTY keyboard, domain…
Pia TenederoJune 7, 2018
Native and non-native teachers at Lord Harris' School, Royapett, Madras, 1865 (Source: British Library) For some time now, a debate has been raging in TESOL about the relative merits of…
Ingrid PillerMay 31, 2018
This week is Library and Information week (#LIW2018). Library and Information Week aims to raise the profile of libraries and information service professionals in Australia. What better way to celebrate…
Ingrid PillerMay 21, 2018
An injured young man wakes up on a German hospital ship in 1943. His mind is blank: he cannot remember who he is, or even how to speak, and has…
Laura Smith-KhanMay 16, 2018
Students at the German-Chinese College, ca. 1910 (Source: German Federal Archives) The dichotomy of East and West is a recent phenomenon and associated with European industrialization. Yet, it is difficult…
Gegentuul BaioudMay 10, 2018
Sociolinguistics needs to center Africa Minority language maintenance and revitalization is a sub-discipline of sociolinguistics that I mostly stay away from. My discomfort with most of the research in that…
Ingrid PillerMay 3, 2018
The Language-on-the-Move team proudly celebrate the graduation of Drs Alexandra Grey and Gary O'Neill Editor's note: This week the 20th and 21st PhD students I have supervised to completion graduated…
Alexandra GreyApril 26, 2018
The website of Hohhot Baita International Airport provides information in Chinese and English but not in Mongolian Update, Sept 16, 2020: A Mongolian translation of this blog post is now…
Gegentuul BaioudApril 18, 2018
"This is English", a shop assistant told me. Language is literally “on the move” in the writing on clothing. We’ve all seen it but may not have taken much notice.…
Alexandra GreyApril 11, 2018
How is your Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge coming along? Another month has passed and you should have ticked off the second book from our list. I read George Steinmetz’ The Devil’s…
Ingrid PillerApril 5, 2018
Unpublished manuscripts from the estate of Hans Natonek (Source: Arts in exile) On International Women’s Day I explored why female academics publish less than their male peers. Academic journal submissions…
Ingrid PillerMarch 26, 2018
Click on this image to view video about the role of English and local languages in the educational experiences of Aboriginal children in remote communities Editor's Note: March 21 is…
Brendan KavanaghMarch 19, 2018
The oil slick as seen from space (Source: Wikipedia) The British decision to exit the European Union (EU) in 2016 came as a surprise to many. In the lead up…
Rahel CramerMarch 14, 2018
Participation and success rate of Chief Investigators in ARC Discovery Projects 2018 by gender and career age (Source: ARC) Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and we will therefore look at…
Ingrid PillerMarch 7, 2018
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