David Block and Deborah Cameron, University of London,GLOBALIZATION AND LANGUAGE TEACHINGIn this book, renowned linguists David Block and Deborah Cameron along with a host of contributors contemplate the issues that globalization raises for second language learning and teaching. This 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, invaluable in the global marketplace, creating implications for how and why people learn language and 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.December 2001: 208 ppHb: 0415242754: $90.00 #55.00Pb: 0415242762: $27.95 #16.99Introduction, David Block and Deborah CameronI. The Global and the Local1. The Impact of Globalization on Language Teaching in Japan,Ryuko Kubota2. Globalization, Diaspora and Language Education in England,Roxy Harris, Constant Leung and Ben Rampton3. Globalization and the Commodification of Bilingualism in Canada, Monica HellerII. Zones of Contact4. Globalization and the Teaching of "Communication Skills,"Deborah Cameron5. Foreign Language Learning as Global CommunicativePractice, Claire Kramsch and Steven L. Thorne6. Local Literacies and Global Literacy, Catherine WallaceIII. Methods and Materials7. "McCommunication": A Problem in the Frame for SLA,David Block8. Globalization, Methods and Practice in Periphery Classrooms,A. Suresh Canagarajah9. The Global Coursebook in English Language Teaching,John GrayBibliographyIndex