Multilingual trends in a globalized world
Subtitle: prospects and challenges
By: by Kumar Navin Singh
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781443847544
Subjects: Second language acquisition; Multilingualism; Code switching (Linguistics); Globalization; Social aspects
Description: "This book presents evolving language education trends by drawing examples and case studies from around the world. Over the past few decades, significant economic and political changes have taken place around the world which have had a significant impact on language teaching and learning practices across the globe. With globalization, the focus of language education has shifted from monolingualism towards bilingualism and multilingualism, in that multilingual practices have become the norm rather than the exception in most parts of the world. This book brings together some of the latest controversies and case studies from South East Asia, the most diverse and multilingual context in the world, along with various other diverse contexts of importance. This book will be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and bilingual and multicultural education, second and foreign language educators, and other specialists in these fields."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter one. Looking at globalization through linguistic and cultural lenses; title: Chapter two. Language and relationship between its forms and functions; title: Chapter three. Mother-tongue education, global practices and prejudices; title: Chapter four. Influences of first language on learning of other languages; title: Chapter five. Globalization and changing trends of language education; title: Chapter six. Globalization of English and other languages and cultures; title: Chapter seven. Diglossic communities and languages of instructions; title: Chapter eight. Societal bilingualism/multilingualism and code-switching; title: Chapter nine. Globalization and changing parental perceptions for multilingualism.