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Garrido, Maria Rosa – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2018
In the current neoliberal era, work is increasingly connected to transnational relations that involve people crossing linguistic and national borders. Based on a multi-sited ethnography, this article explores a transnational social movement called Emmaus where voluntary work, geographical mobility, and language learning intersect. I analyse the…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Mobility, Ethnography, Second Language Learning
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Wee, Desmond – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2009
This article explores the rhetoric of the four official languages (English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil) in Singapore and the domestic aversion towards Chinese "dialects" and colloquial "Singlish". The "Speak Mandarin Campaign" alongside the "Speak Good English Movement" represent a display of intercultural…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Ideology, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries