A pdf version of the "Bridging Language Barriers" program is available here. ***Update, Feb 23: Abstracts now available here*** A one-day symposium at Macquarie University asks how language barriers…
Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 16, 2017
Ingrid Piller's "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" wins Prose Award Language on the Move is finally back from our summer break. The New Year has started well for us with…
Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 9, 2017
Language on the Move is taking a break. Before we go, we’d like to wish all our readers peaceful holidays and a happy, healthy and prosperous 2017! We will be…
Lg_on_the_moveDecember 21, 2016
Feb 16, 2017: ***Program update now available here*** Despite their commitment to diversity and equality of access, contemporary multicultural societies and their institutions struggle to find effective ways to overcome…
Lg_on_the_moveDecember 16, 2016
Everyone wants to be a winner in the dating game; but it doesn't always work that way ... A 2015 article in the New York Post argued that mobile dating…
Livia GerberDecember 8, 2016
The 16th International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML XVI) will be held at University of Jyväskylä Language Campus The 16th International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML XVI) and the 34th Summer School and Conference…
Lg_on_the_moveDecember 1, 2016
Jinhyun Cho was awarded her PhD for her thesis about "Interpreting English language ideologies in Korea: dreams vs. realities" Many people around the world dream of learning English. The pursuit of…
Lg_on_the_moveNovember 24, 2016
Linguistic Society of New Zealand (Language in Society) Annual Conference at Massey University, Wellington, on 21-22 November Massey University (http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/home.cfm) Despite recent shaky events here in Wellington, sunshine is forecast…
Lg_on_the_moveNovember 18, 2016
"Good people make a good country" by Addo Tetteh As I am trying to finalize the manuscript for the second revised edition of my 2011 book Intercultural Communication: A Critical…
Ingrid PillerNovember 10, 2016
Who of the three women in this image do you think German employers are most likely to consider as a potential employee and call for a job interview? Obviously, the…
Ingrid PillerNovember 4, 2016
Heinrich Zille, "Die Original Australier" auf dem Rummel, ca. 1900 One of the central arguments of my book Intercultural Communication is that, even today, much intercultural communication is approached from…
Ingrid PillerOctober 27, 2016
Does this delicious Libyan Herb Bread taste even yummier in English? Is it the case that bilinguals have dual identities or divided loyalties where they associate each aspect of their…
Hanan Ben NafaOctober 18, 2016
Cover of 2008 movie "Mad about English" (Source: Zhang, Jie. Language policy and planning for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ) We are repeatedly told that people around the world are…
Peter IvesOctober 11, 2016
Language on the Move is turning seven! Happy anniversary and to the next seven years! Language on the Move first went live today seven years ago, on October 04, 2009. We…
Lg_on_the_moveOctober 4, 2016
A couple of years ago, I mused here on Language on the Move what linguistic theory would look like if its dominant cultural ideas had not been shaped in 1950s…
Ingrid PillerSeptember 29, 2016
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