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Oh, the places you’ll go!

Starting out

Nearing the end of my undergraduate study, I was working on a small research essay and was having some trouble figuring out the direction it should take. It was in a unit on refugee law, which I was very interested in, but couldn’t quite decide what the essay should focus on. Then, by chance, I came across some articles that looked at communication and language-related challenges in refugee visa application processes.

And that was it: I was hooked. The...

One of the team highlights of 2018: Laura Smith-Khan and Hanna Torsh submitted their PhD theses for examination on the same day in July

2018 draws to a close and the Language on the Move team is looking forward to our annual break. Before we go we have some highlights in the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, language learning and intercultural communication in the contexts of globalization and migration to share with you.

As usual, our research blog brought a range of diverse, stimulating and engaging...

A restaurant sign featuring both Tibetan and Chinese, in a village where the Tibetan residents speak Ngandehua, one of Tibet’s minority languages (Image: Gerald Roche)

As elsewhere in...

In Bahrain, I was beaten. For example, they asked for tea. I gave tea leaves. I did not make the tea. She put her hand on my neck and moved me to tell, ‘Boil the tea leaves. Make tea’. They told me things in Arabic, I did not know Arabic. There was no other Bangladeshi to help me out. That’s how I worked. Sometimes, the children said me something, but I didn’t understand. Then the children knocked me. But you can never have a gloomy face. (Afia, pseudonym, a Bangladeshi migrant domestic worker)