TADIT - Teachers Against Discrimination in Taiwan Imagine yourself on the shores of your ancestral homeland, where your parents and grandparents grew up, where the stories you heard as a…
Andrew BuntingApril 2, 2013
Sociolinguistics of Amazing Thailand launched The Language-on-the-Move team is proud to announce the launch of a new sociolinguistic research project entitled “Language, Mobility and Tourism: Thailand on the Move towards…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江March 25, 2013
Different languages for different jobs in this Los Angeles restaurant Are there language requirements for working in restaurants in Los Angeles? These two employment signs that I saw in the…
Calvin N. HoMarch 25, 2013
Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development presents global research seminar about language-in-education policy in Pakistan The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development presents a global research seminar: Topic:…
Lg_on_the_moveMarch 21, 2013
If you google images for "study abroad," you get many pictures of inclusive-looking racially-diverse groups of people such as this one. A persistent theme in research with international students in…
Ingrid PillerMarch 19, 2013
Carrie Chen's successful chalk-and-talk method In my previous post, I discussed the celebrity status of star teachers in Taiwan. Although their good looks and personality do play a key role…
Jackie ChangMarch 12, 2013
Montana: the picture postcard state is not conducive to the empowerment of migrant women It is international women’s day today and the world’s women are on the move like never…
Ingrid PillerMarch 8, 2013
In today’s immigration countries, adherents of the “one nation, one language” idea face a unique ideological problem: to claim that the national language is a sign of national loyalty and…
Ingrid PillerMarch 4, 2013
Star teacher Ruby Hsu (Source: ruby.com.tw) The global English language learning boom has resulted not only in a huge number of English learners but also created a tremendous demand for…
Jackie ChangFebruary 26, 2013
Speak English, people! says British politician Ed Miliband (Source: msn.com) Every ten years the UK government conducts a census, which every British resident is obliged by law to take part…
Deborah CameronFebruary 22, 2013
Africa Town, Guangzhou (Source: ChinaSmack) What does an urban middle-class male university graduate from Conakry, the capital of Guinea, have in common with a peasant woman with little education from…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 19, 2013
Kimie Takahashi (2013) Language learning, gender and desire: Japanese women on the move. Multilingual Matters. It’s Valentine’s Day today. Valentine’s Day is a truly global event inextricably linking the emotional…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 14, 2013
Montessori preschoolers in Tokyo preparing a feast Anyone who has young children attending pre-school or participating in other similar programs will be acquainted with birthday rituals in group settings such…
Angela Turzynski-AzimiFebruary 12, 2013
"美語是通往世界最近的路" (American English, for children, is the royal road to the world): An English educator promises the world Taiwan is enthralled with learning American English. One of the reasons for…
Jackie ChangFebruary 8, 2013
The Adelaide delegation at this year's Esperanto conference. Indrani is in the front right. When we meet new people we often ask straight away: where are you from? For many…
Nicole ElseFebruary 6, 2013
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