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Globalization and Language Teaching

By David Block

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0415242754, 9780415242752
LCC
P53 .G545 2002
Open Library ID
OL3949443M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
724 kB (741873 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
208\208
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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. This has implications for how and why people learn languages, and for which languages they learn.Drawing together the various strands of the globalization debate, this rich and varied collection of contributions explores issues such as:*The commodification of language(s) and language skills*The use of new media and new technologies in language learning and teaching*The effects of globalization on the language teaching industry*New forms of power and resistance.

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