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Globalization and language teaching / edited by David Block and Deborah Cameron. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. - vi, 196 p. : 24 cm.

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 practices in periphery classrooms / A. Suresh Canagarajah -- The global coursebook in English language teaching / John Gray.

ISBN: 0415242754 (cloth) 0415242762 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2001040367

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language and languages--Study and teaching--Economic aspects.
Language teachers--Training of.
Second language acquisition.

LC Class. No.: P53 / .G545 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 418/.0071