DP English A Language and Literature

Paper to the ASKO Europa-Stiftung Symposium, 11-13 June 1999, in which he looks at 10 areas in which English is dominant.

Crystal, D. English as a Global Language. Cambridge University Press. London. 2012.

article about American Sign Language being used instead of local sign languages

Response to Texas state representative's suggestion that Asian-Americans change their names to make it "easier for Americans to deal with".

video of Texas state representative Betty Brown suggestion that Asian-Americans simplify their names

report of Texas Republican who asked Asian Americans to make their names "easier for Americans to deal with".

Spoken word performance by Fong Tran in response to a Texas state representative, Betty Brown, who suggested that Asian Americans should make their names "easier for Americans to deal with".

Article from Phnom Penh Post about the need to keep regional languages alive in Cambodia

Article from Phnom Penh Post about the loss of Khmer as a mother tongue

article about the development of the use of the 'C-word'

An Aboriginal language whose last speaker died n 1929, has been revived in Australia.

Spoken word performance given as speech at school assembly.

Guardian article about a UK school where no pupil has English as a mother tongue.