Globalization means that we have more reason than ever to learn a language. This book considers the issues globalization raises for second language learning and teaching and represents a major theoretical and empirical statement on the impact of globalization on language policies and practice around the world.
(Re-)Locating TESOL in an Age of Empire (Language and Globalization)
An international group of authors discuss the implications for TESOL professionals of the perception that English is once again becoming an imperial language.
Moralizing the Corporation: Transnational Activism and Corporate Accountability
`The argument of this book is so powerful and convincing because it focuses on global subpolitics: the corporate (ir)responsibility, the power of its critics, and the consuming citizen. This shift of perspectives and its sophistication makes Moralizing the Corporation a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics of globalization.' - Ulrich Beck, University of Munich, Germany
The Handbook of Language and Globalization brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research.
This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the 'centrality of structure', 'relationships of interdependence', 'social constructions of difference' and 'reproduction of inequality'. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the 'English-speaking' and 'English-using' nations...
