When an American manager in Japan cannot understand why his Japanese staff will not give him the “ballpark figure” he has demanded, this [...]

What is more, this “real English” – which dizzyingly encompasses the whole range of dialects from Liverpool in England, to Wellington in New Zealand, via [...]

Indeed, while her Danish colleagues were increasingly used to working in English with others from the wider international community, it was the native [...]

Speakers who have English as their mother tongue can find themselves in a baffling predicament. While at home they are persuaded that the [...]

And now ironically, there is mounting evidence that in international business, native English speakers are failing to integrate as a result of their [...]

But with transnational mobility and trade a defining feature of our times, what of Cameron’s or Trump’s own supporters and their ability to [...]

Language skills are often trumpeted as a cornerstone of social integration, allowing citizens to participate fully in their host communities. British prime minister [...]

Damien Hall does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this [...]

But, even if we can’t be categorical about “bregzit”, one thing is clear: people’s reaction to “bregzit” shows once again that it is [...]

It’s harder to speculate about a reason for the “breksit”/“bregzit” difference, especially as the political-linguistic associations are less sharp, and also because these [...]