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Cultural globalization and language education

We live in a world that is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization. In this thought provoking book, Kumaravadivelu explores the impact of cultural globalization on second and foreign language education
Print Book, English, ©2008
Yale University Press, New Haven, ©2008
xiii, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780300111101, 030011110X
123349739
The lay of the land
Culture and its complexities
Cultural globalization and its processes
Cultural stereotype and its perils
Cultural assimilation and its delusions
Cultural pluralism and its deceptions
Cultural hybridity and its discontents
Cultural realism and its demands
Cultural realism and pedagogic principles
Cultural realism and instructional strategies
Cultural realism and intercultural communication
The map of the territory