Title:
Globalization and language teaching / edited by David Block and Deborah Cameron.
Author:
Block, David, 1956-
CAMERON, Deborah, 1958-
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-185) and index.
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 -- "McCommunication" : a problem in the frame for SLA / David Block -- Globalization, methods, and practice in periphery classrooms / A. Suresh Canagarajah -- The global coursebook in English language teaching / John Gray.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Publication Place:
London ; New York :
ISBN:
0415242754
0415242762 (pbk.)
Subject:
LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES -- STUDY AND TEACHING -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS.
Language teachers -- Training of.
Second language acquisition.
Langage et langues -- âEtude et enseignement -- Aspect âeconomique.
Professeurs de langue -- Formation.
Langue seconde -- Acquisition.
Contents:
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 -- "McCommunication" : a problem in the frame for SLA / David Block -- Globalization, methods, and practice in periphery classrooms / A. Suresh Canagarajah -- The global coursebook in English language teaching / John Gray.
Physical Description:
vi, 196 p. ;
Publication Date:
2002.