China and English : Globalisation and the Dilemmas of Identity /

It has been said there are more Chinese learning English than there are Americans. We all have a sense that the first decades of the third millennium, including the effects of the global financial recession, signal dramatic changes to the shape of the world to come. China's emergence as a super...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bianco, Joseph Lo (Contribuidor), Hongchen, Xu (Contribuidor), Jingyan, Li (Contribuidor), Lo Bianco, Joseph (Editor ), Orton, Jane (Contribuidor, Editor ), Qingsheng, Zhou (Contribuidor), Yi, Liu (Contribuidor), Yihong, Gao (Contribuidor, Editor ), Yongwei, Bian (Contribuidor), Yuxia, Li (Contribuidor), Zhanzi, Li (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2009]
Colección:Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Temas:
English language > Globalization.
English language > Social aspects > China.
English language > Study and teaching > China.
Language and culture > China.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
China.
Chinese identity .
Communication practices.
ELT in China.
ELT.
English in China.
English language teaching.
English teaching in China.
English.
Globalisation.
Glocalization.
Intercultural communication.
Language identity.
Mass English learning.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:It has been said there are more Chinese learning English than there are Americans. We all have a sense that the first decades of the third millennium, including the effects of the global financial recession, signal dramatic changes to the shape of the world to come. China's emergence as a superpower is one of the few certainties in this rapidly changing world. What is less well realised is the critical role which China's decisions about English will play in the world's communication profile. This unique volume explores this question looking at the debates on identity, cultural values and communication practices. Taking a wide-ranging view and uniquely blending both Chinese and Western perspectives the volume explores the critically important cultural consequences of mass English learning in today's world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 p.)
ISBN:9781847692306
9783111024738
9783110663136
9783110606713
Acceso:restricted access

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