Welcome to a blog where all comments on English as an International Language, on Multiculturalism, on Plurilingualism and on Cosmopolitanism are at the core of our hopefully interesting discussions.
Let me introduce myself a bit…
I taught in France, Canada, Switzerland and since 2003 in Algeria, as an Invited Professor at the University of Sidi Bel Abbès where I give a seminar every year. Parallel to my academic activities, I am currently an English Teacher at the Ecole de Culture Générale Jean Piaget in Geneva.
I’m a member of the French CNRS Affiliated Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches: Fondements du Droit Public…or whatever name it now took (French academics always have a feud in stock;-). My research and publications focus on the relation between International English, plurilingualism and multiculturalism.
French born, Swiss Resident, teaching in Algeria, Scottish Baroness of Sefardic Jewish Tunisian, Italian, Palestinian Turkish and Maltese descent, I am cosmopolitan by the grace of a diaspora heritage of over 2000 years.
You will find on this blog my various publications and articles. Together with Geneviève Koubi, I am this year the co-Editor-in-Chief of a special issue of the French Journal Droit et Culture which will deal with national and regional languages and will be published early 2012.
This blog is also dedicated to promoting a new network of active scholars, ACADEMIE SANS FRONTIERES-BORDERLESS ACADEMY-ACADEMY SIN FRONTERAS. I invite you to join and pledge for our page and our group on Facebook. Yes, I know and realize some of you are reluctant…I still believe that Facebook only uses what you choose to publish….and it’s a remarkable way to create a forum!
Talking about Forum, one of the achievements I take the most pride of, apart from ASF certainly is the creation of the very first group of Sociolinguists on Facebook. Among some of our achievements, we have detected new issues, identified new groups and conferences, issued a call for papers including only our members, initiated a very fruitful encounter in Peru, and certainly gather the most active scholars on Indigenous Languages Rights…Check for more info on our Indigenous Issues Page.
And don’t forget to apply for membership to Sociolinguists group on Facebook, the first group of Sociolinguist on this social network to see such wonderful opportunities arise, and to Académie Sans Frontières-Borderless Academy-Academia Sin Fronteras the group.
More about me? Well, check my latest publication:
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L’ANGLAIS ET LES CULTURES : CARREFOUR OU FRONTIÈRE ? La place de l’anglais est devenue un sujet de controverse qui laisse peu d’espace à une évocation des aspects positifs d’une langue internationale démocratiquement répandue. Ces contributions nous présentent diverses constellations linguistiques dans un tour du monde incluant l’Irlande, la Suisse, l’Algérie, la Californie, Israël, le Mali, le Burkina Faso, la Zambie et la Malaisie. Elles examinent la menace théoriquement culturelle ou économiquement fondée que l’anglais fait peser sur le monde et s’interrogent sur le danger de cette mainmise d’une langue de la communication à l’échelon planétaire… Prix éditeur : 23,63 €
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