Multilingual Trends in a Globalized World

Download or read book Multilingual Trends in a Globalized World written by Navin Kumar Singh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents evolving language education trends by drawing examples and case studies from around the world. Over the past few decades, significant economic and political changes have taken place around the world which have had a significant impact on language teaching and learning practices across the globe. With globalization, the focus of language education has shifted from monolingualism towards bilingualism and multilingualism, in that multilingual practices have become the norm rather than the exception in most parts of the world. This book brings together some of latest controversies and case studies from South East Asia, the most diverse and multilingual context in the world, along with various other diverse contexts of importance. This book will be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and bilingual and multicultural education, second and foreign language educators, and other specialists in these fields.