This book considers the issues globalization raises for second languagelearning and teaching. Block and Camerons collection shows how in an economybased on serv... » 

This book considers the issues globalization raises for second languagelearning and teaching. Block and Camerons collection shows how in an economybased on services and information the linguistic skills of workers becomesincreasingly important. New technologies make possible new kinds of languageteaching and language becomes an economic commodity with a value in the globalmarketplace. This has implications for how and why people learn languages andfor which languages they learn.Drawing together the various strands of the globalization debate this rich andvaried collection of contributions explores issues such asThe commodification of languages and language skillsThe use of new media and new technologies in language learning and teachingThe effects of globalization on the language teaching industryNew forms of power and resistance. «