An East Timorese girl speaking Bunak, Tetum, Fataluku and Portuguese (Source: Wikipedia) A response to Alexandra Grey, "We do aid, not English" In my experience English is often promoted by…
Kerry Taylor-LeechOctober 18, 2013
Mariko Watanabe and Ingrid Piller celebrate their reunion at Yaccomaricard in Chit Lom This post is also available in pdf-format. Click here. In early July, YM Fashion’s CEO Mariko Watanabe…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江October 11, 2013
Panel devoted to Jeju Global Education City (Source: Jeju Weekly) Now that Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has become a global hit, I wonder if you know what Gangnam is? The dictionary…
Jinhyun ChoSeptember 26, 2013
Business card promoting private English tuition In Iran, as in many other countries around the globe, the craze for learning English has been on the rise. This tendency is attributed…
Vahid ParvareshAugust 22, 2013
Dr Xiaoxiao Chen on her graduation day at Macquarie University Language on the Move proudly presents another new PhD! Dr Xiaoxiao Chen graduated from Macquarie University last week. Her PhD…
Lg_on_the_moveJune 6, 2013
University rankings drive the Englishization of global academia The Intercultural Communication Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics is hosting a seminar at Newcastle University next week…
Ingrid PillerMay 9, 2013
Who profits from an early start in English language learning? 不要讓你的孩子輸在起跑點上 (Don’t let your children lose out at the starting point.) is one of the most popular slogans whenever English…
Jackie ChangMay 6, 2013
The front cover of the tourist map of multilingual Macau Last week I had the privilege of visiting the University of Macau and in Macau I discovered yet another unique…
Ingrid PillerApril 22, 2013
Is this Arabic or English? Or is that asking the wrong question? (Transliteration: sbaisi tinisi tshikn and shrmb*) I’ve often wondered what linguistic theory would look like if its foundations…
Ingrid PillerApril 17, 2013
In English language teaching ads English seems always fun, easy and accessible to everyone Taiwanese people’s motivation for learning English is a desire to communicate and a major obstacle to…
Jackie ChangApril 8, 2013
Hiroshi Mikitani, Englishnization in Marketplace 3.0 (Source: gettyimages.co.uk) The business and self-help section of my local Kinokuniya bookstore is currently featuring shelves and shelves of Marketplace 3.0: Rewriting the rules…
Ingrid PillerApril 4, 2013
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
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
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
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
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