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1st Edition

Globalization and Language Teaching

Edited By David Block, Deborah Cameron Copyright 2002
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge
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This book considers the issues globalization raises for second language learning and teaching. Block and Cameron's collection shows how, in an economy based on services and information, the linguistic skills of workers becomes increasingly important. New technologies make possible new kinds of language teaching, and language becomes an economic commodity with a value in the global marketplace.... Read more

PART I The global and the local 1 The impact of globalization on language teaching in Japan 2 Globalization, diaspora and language education in England 3 Globalization and the commodification of bilingualism in Canada PART II Zones of contact 4 Globalization and the teaching of ‘communication skills’ 5 Foreign language learning as global communicative practice 6 Local literacies and global literacy PART III Methods and materials 7 ‘McCommunication’: a problem in the frame for SLA 8 Globalization, methods, and practice in periphery classrooms A. SURESH CANAGARAJAH 9 The global coursebook in English Language Teaching

Biography

David Block is Lecturer in Languages in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Deborah Cameron is Professor of Languages in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London

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