Open Forum on Linguistic Diversity and Tourism
Linguistic Diversity and Tourism FORUM DETAILS Date: July 02, 2013 | Time: 16:00 – 19:30 Venue: The Hall of Fame, Assumption University, Hua Mak, Bangkok RSVP: Open to public. Please Send an email to...
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English textbook used at the non-Government school “I take a bilingual approach, so you might not understand some parts of my class. But I hope you’ll enjoy it.” Dressed in a blue traditional dress, a...
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View ArticleEnglish in the Global Village
Yangshuo’s West Street (Source: chinatravelca) Tourism has been found to be beneficial for minority language maintenance in a number of contexts from around the world. For instance, Anand Torrents...
View ArticleLanguage strategy in the hospitality sector
Language needs in the hospitality sector in Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia (Source: paddleinspain.com) Multilingualism means business. The more foreign language skills are availalble to a company, the...
View ArticleMore on orientalism and tourism
Language-on-the-Move’s recent blog post Orientalism and Tourism engages with the way ethnic minority people in China are represented in the West (and also by the Han majority in China). Not only do I...
View Article旅游中的东方主义
Chinese version of my recent blog post about orientalism and tourism 东方主义,这种西方文化中对东方文化及人文的旧式及带有偏见的理解,可谓是由来已久、根深蒂固。一日偶读澳大利亚旅游杂志《出发和到达》中一篇题为“爱情游戏,中国风”的文章,我对东方主义在当今世界的影响力,尤其是在旅游文本中的呈现,感触尤为深刻。...
View ArticleFinding Switzerland in Japan
As a non-speaker and non-reader of Japanese I went to Japan fully expecting to be confused. However, the only confusing moment I experienced had nothing to do with anything Japanese: when I stepped off...
View ArticleTokyo: Elegantly Multilingual
Space challenged Shinjuku, Tokyo (September 2010): Photo by Kimie Takahashi Tokyo is getting more and more linguistically diverse every time I go back there. During this trip, I was really amazed by...
View ArticleEnglish in Iran
Isfahan University Even a casual observer of the linguistic landscape in Iran will have to conclude that Iranians have a collective fetish for English. Almost all public signage is bilingual in English...
View ArticlePersepolis
I visited Persepolis today. Persepolis proved to be a great way to end the year and to reflect on the passage of time. More unexpectedly, Persepolis also proved to be an occasion to reflect on...
View ArticleThe dark side of intercultural communication
At 11pm at a Japanese ramen restaurant in Thaniya, Bangkok, a group of five middle-aged Japanese men and five young Thai women were dining right next to my table. It’s the kind of sight that is very...
View ArticleDo you speak Swiss?
A most amazing book has just landed on my desk: Do you speak Swiss, edited by Walter Haas, is the final report on a Swiss National Research Project devoted to Linguistic Diversity and Language...
View ArticleEnglish for travel
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View ArticleThe exotic Chinese language
Chinese: What does the Chinese language mean to Western tourists visiting China? Ingrid’s blog post “Character challenge” has set me thinking about Chinese language learning these days. I have found...
View ArticleMultilingual Macau
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 variation on the many...
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