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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828053003321

Titolo

Policies, principles, practices : new directions in foreign language education in the era of educational globalization / / edited by Rita Cancino, Lotte Dam and Kirsten Jaeger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-4438-3121-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CancinoRita

DamLotte

JaegerKirsten

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Social aspects

Philology - Study and teaching - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the various challenges facing university foreign language teaching in non-anglophone countries in the era of educational globalization. Growing student mobility, net-based cross-border university education, and universities opening subsidiaries in other countries force university teachers to offer their teaching in English rather than in their mother tongue, and universities to equip their staff members with the necessary foreign language competencies. As a reflection of s...