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 langu
Globalization and language teaching
โ Scribed by David Block; Deborah Cameron
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 261
- Edition
- Taylor & Francis e-Library ed
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content: The impact of globalization on language teaching in Japan / Ryuko Kubota --
Globalization, diaspora, and language education in England / Roxy Harris, Constant Leung, and Ben Rampton --
Globalization and the commodification of bilingualism in Canada / Monica Heller --
Globalization and the teaching of "communication skills" / Deborah Cameron --
Foreign language learning as global communicative practice / Claire Kramsch and Steven L. Thorne --
Local literacies and global literacy / Catherine Wallace --
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