Languages in a global world : learning for better cultural understanding

Languages in a global world learning for better cultural understanding

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 la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Centre for Educational Research & Innovation (corporate author), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Corporate Author
Other Authors: Della Chiesa, Bruno (-), Scott, Jessica, Hinton, Christina
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD 2012.
Series:Educational Research and Innovation,
Subjects:
Linguistics.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706258806719
Table of Contents:
  • Migrants, language and education
  • Key concepts and acronyms
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword
  • Why study abroad? Why not!
  • Introduction
  • Intercultural or multicultural education in Europe and the United States
  • Migrants, early tracking and social mobility
  • Executive summary
  • How the Mexican education system contributes to emigration
  • Preface
  • “Expansion of our own being”
  • Motivational theories on language learning
  • Epilogue
  • Motivation and second language acquisition
  • Cosmopolitan education
  • Music as an underutilised and underappreciated tool for language learning
  • Learning languages in a globalising world
  • Bilingual education policy and language learning in Estonia and Singapore
  • Economic incentives for language acquisition
  • Ideologies and alphabet reforms in Central Asia
  • Verlan, l'envers
  • Seeing the world through our hands
  • Neuroscientific research and the study of sign language
  • Cochlear implants, deaf culture and narrowly defined cultural characteristics
  • Education and creativity in Tanzania
  • English as a multicultural language for international communication in Asia
  • Competencies in Canada in a globalisation context
  • Catalan language policy and the challenge of new immigration
  • Language learning and Chamorro culture in Guam
  • Language learning in Peru
  • Language education in Japan and Korea.

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