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
The first seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held next week: Visual conversations online: New uses of photo, video and graphics in…
Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 14, 2012
We are phasing out our manual e-mail newsletter. There are now these easy ways to stay in touch and to keep abreast of what's happening at Language on the move. -…
Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 12, 2012
It is now widely agreed that human beings have moved into a phase of modernity in which they have to tackle the extreme dynamism in modern institutions and provide an…
Vahid ParvareshFebruary 11, 2012
A fellowship is available for a period of three years extendable to four starting in Fall- Winter 2012 to undertake postgraduate studies in the Departament de Filologia Anglesa at the…
Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 11, 2012
English and ASEAN Ever since I arrived in Bangkok in 2011, I’ve being witnessing the amazing spread of English fever. At the national level, Thailand is wholeheartedly invested in the…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江February 3, 2012
I know some people think what I am doing with my daughters – speaking German to them one-hundred percent of the time even though German is a second language for…
Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 30, 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
Very best wishes for a happy, healthy and harmonious Year of the Dragon to all our readers! It is our new year's resolution here at Language-on-the-Move to continue to bring you…
Language on the MoveJanuary 22, 2012
I have frequently wondered how my experiences speaking German in public with my two daughters, 7, and 5, whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the…
Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 21, 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
The Language-on-the-Move team will be on leave until mid-January. During that time we will not be updating our research blog about intercultural communication, language learning and multilingualism nor our video…
Lg_on_the_moveDecember 18, 2011
“What is the meaning of the choice of English in the slogan on this car?” That was one of the questions I asked the participants in the 2nd Language-on-the-Move Workshop…
Ingrid PillerDecember 13, 2011
Mi-Cha Flubacher, Alfonso Del Percio and Alexandre Duchêne (Institute of Multilingualism, University/PH Fribourg), are inviting papers for the thematic session "The legitimate speaker in a transforming political economy" (Session ID…
Mi-Cha Flubacher and Shirley YeungDecember 13, 2011
The United Arab Emirates are celebrating another National Day! And they are doing it in style! I was lucky to enter the country exactly on its 40th birthday and so…
Ingrid PillerDecember 5, 2011
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