Going Global

Transnational Perspectives on Globalization, Language, and Education

Amy Hodges, Leslie Seawright (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2014 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4438-6333-9 (ISBN)

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While English has become the lingua franca in science, business, and other fields, scholars still grapple with the implications of its adoption in many other settings and cultures. To what extent should English be introduced and taught in schools around the world? Who "owns" the English language and can therefore shape its structure and aims? What are world Englishes and how can teachers demonstrate them to their students? Is English the language of the oppressor, an imperialist tool, or does global English offer an opportunity for greater understanding and cooperation amongst peoples and cultures? This volume of critical essays explores these and other questions surrounding language, education, and culture in the globalized world. Honoring students' cultures while trying to prepare them for an uncertain and constantly changing future is the resounding theme of this book. The contributors to this volume are as multi-cultural and multi-faceted as such a volume would demand. The essays include authors and studies from Algeria, India, Iran, Ghana, Germany, Poland, Tunisia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Yemen. The perspectives offered in this volume contribute greatly to the ongoing conversations on language, education, and globalization.

Leslie Seawright is an Assistant Professor in the Liberal Arts Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar. She teaches courses in Technical Writing, Composition, and Literature and other Arts. Her published articles and book chapters focus on writing pedagogy, intercultural communication, and workplace literacy practices.

Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4438-6333-5 / 1443863335
ISBN-13	978-1-4438-6333-9 / 9781443863339
Zustand	Neuware