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Languages in a global world : learning for better cultural understanding / edited by Bruno della Chiesa, Jessica Scott and Christina Hinton

Published
[Paris] : OECD, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
469 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Additional Creators
Della Chiesa, Bruno, Scott, Jessica, Hinton, Christina, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Contents
Part I. Globalisation, languages and motivations. Learning languages in a globalising world -- Motivation and second language acquisition -- Motivational theories on language learning -- Economic incentives for language acquisition -- Bilingual education policy and language learning in Estonia and Singapore -- Part II. Cultures, languages and identities. Seeing the world through our hands : a cross-cultural gesture review -- Ideologies and alphabet reforms in Central Asia -- Verlan, l'envers : reversing language and reflecting culture -- Cochlear implants, deaf culture and narrowly defined cultural characteristics -- Neuroscientific research and the study of sign language -- Part III. Landscapes, languages and policies. Competencies in Canada in a globalisation context -- Catalan language policy and the challenge of new immigration : Nosaltres parlem Catalá -- Education and creativity in Tanzania -- English as a multicultural language for international communication in Asia -- Language education in Japan and Korea : policies, practices and challenges -- Language learning and Chamorro culture in Guam -- Language learning in Peru : "De mi cerebro, su neurona" -- Part IV. Movements, languages and migrations. Why study abroad? Why not! -- Migrants, language and education : an international perspective -- Migrants, early tracking and social mobility -- How the Mexican education system contributes to emigration -- Intercultural or multicultural education in Europe and the United States -- Part V. 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 -- "Expansion of our own being" : language learning, cultural belonging and global awareness -- Epilogue : Prospects for language policies in an age of globalisation.
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ISBN
9789264123243 (print)
9264123245 (print)
9789264123557 (pdf)
9264123555 (pdf)
Note
"Centre for Educational Research and Innovation"--Cover.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 458-461).
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