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ERIC Number: EJ635616
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
English for Globalisation or for the World's People?
Phillipson, Robert
International Review of Education, v47 n3-4 p185-200 Jul 2001
Explores the role of English in ongoing processes of globalization, the reasons for its dominance, and the need for conceptual clarification in analyzing English worldwide. Asserts that language pedagogy must ensure that English is not learned subtractively, to the detriment of the mother tongue--only in this way can globalization be made more accountable and locally relevant. (Contains 49 references.) (AUTH)
Descriptors: Corporations, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English (Second Language), Global Approach, International Communication, Language Attitudes, Languages, Multilingualism, Politics of Education, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue on globalization, language, and education.