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Languages in a Global World
Learning for Better Cultural Understanding
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- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of contents
- List of Contributors
- Key concepts and acronyms
- Preface: Language learning and culture in a time of globalisation
- Executive summary
- Introduction: User’s guide
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Globalisation, languages and motivations
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Cultures, languages and identities
- + Seeing the world through our hands: A cross-cultural gesture review
- + Ideologies and alphabet reforms in Central Asia
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Verlan, l'envers: Reversing language and reflecting culture
- Introduction
- What is verlan?
- A (brief) history of argot and verlan
- A contemporary context
- The in-crowd: Inclusion through the use of verlan
- The outside looking in: Exclusion through the use of verlan
- Influence: Verlan’s role in language socialisation
- Implications for the present and the future
- Notes
- Annex 8.A1. Examples of words in verlan, the transformative process, and their morphologies
- Annex 8.A2. “Thé à la menthe” – La Caution
- References
- + Cochlear implants, deaf culture and narrowly defined cultural characteristics
- + Neuroscientific research and the study of sign language
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Landscapes, languages and policies
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Competencies in Canada in a globalisation context
- Two‑way relationships between language competencies and globalisation
- Language wealth in Canada: A case study
- Factors affecting the growth and decline of language wealth
- Fostering linguistic competencies in Canada
- Individual and societal returns to linguistic competencies in a globalising world
- Conclusions
- References
- + Catalan language policy and the challenge of new immigration: Nosaltres parlem Catalá
- + Education and creativity in Tanzania
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English as a multicultural language for international communication in Asia
- Introduction: English as a multicultural language
- Diffusion and adaptation
- World Englishes
- English as an Asian language
- The multiculturalism of English as an Asian language
- Expanding the capacity of English as a multicultural language
- English across cultures and diversity management: The need for a pedagogical response
- Conclusions
- Note
- References
- + Language education in Japan and Korea: Policies, practices and challenges
- + Language learning and Chamorro culture in Guam
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Language learning in Peru: “De mi cerebro, su neurona”
- Introduction
- Bilingualism and cultural preservation in Peru: Educational goals?
- From Quechua to Spanish: A concern with functional convergence
- A neuroscientific approach to understanding second language (L2) learning
- Perspectives for improvement and the relevance of cognitive stimulation
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
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Competencies in Canada in a globalisation context
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Movements, languages and migrations
- + Why study abroad? Why not!
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Migrants, language and education: An international perspective
- Introduction
- Rationale: Canada and the United States
- Overview of national contexts: Post-1945 immigration
- Overview of national contexts: Citizenship and incorporation
- Policy and non‑policy on cultural and linguistic diversity
- Immigrant integration via language
- Integration of immigrant youth in schools
- Immigrant education in the United States
- Immigrant education in Canada
- Conclusions on Canada and the United States
- Conclusions
- References
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Migrants, early tracking and social mobility
- Introduction
- Ethnic, cultural, geographic background and Bourdieu’s habitus
- Socio‑economic background and the role of Bourdieu’s capital
- Language competencies
- Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
- School leaving certificates
- Professional training
- Bourdieu’s “social reproduction”
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- + How the Mexican education system contributes to emigration
- + Intercultural or multicultural education in Europe and the United States
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Learning languages, means and ends
- + Cosmopolitan education: Building on a biological inclination for care in a globalised world
- + Music as an underutilised and underappreciated tool for language learning
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“Expansion of our own being”: Language learning, cultural belonging and global awareness
- Introduction
- Is teaching/learning non‑native languages really that important?
- “Those who do not know other languages know nothing of their own” (Goethe)
- Languages shape worldviews…
- A tesseract against the tyranny of doxa and intolerance: Toward “global awareness”?
- Fostering a positive, local-global dialectic through language education: necessary…
- …but not sufficient
- Notes
- Acknowledgements and farewell
- References
- + Epilogue - Prospects for language policies in an age of globalisation
The rise of globalisation makes language competencies more valuable, both at individual and societal levels. This book examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages. It begins by asking why some individuals are more successful than others at learning non-native languages, and why some education systems, or countries, are more successful than others at teaching languages.
The book comprises chapters by different authors on the subject of language learning. There are chapters on the role of motivation; the way that languages, cultures and identities are interconnected; the insights that neuroscience provides; migrants, their education and opportunities to learn languages; language learning and teaching in North America; and new approaches to language learning.
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Book Details
Authors
Bruno Della Chiesa, Christina Hinton, and Jessica Scott
Categories
Business & Economics > International > General
Publishers
Publication year : 2012
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 26
