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Globalisation in Foreign Language Teaching: Establishing Transatlantic Links in Higher Education
Author(s) -
Cañado María Luisa Pérez
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2010.00451.x
Subject(s) - globalization , higher education , work (physics) , language education , minor (academic) , political science , foreign language , control reconfiguration , foreign language teaching , channel (broadcasting) , higher education policy , sociology , pedagogy , education policy , economic growth , economics , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer network , embedded system , law
This article makes an explicit comparison between the reconfiguration of tertiary language education in Europe, the USA and Canada. It argues that, despite certain minor differences between continents, the same trends are operative across the Atlantic. It then examines each of them, illustrating how similar forces are at work in shaping higher education language teaching, how analogous policy frameworks are being employed to channel them and how parallel challenges and responses can be detected transatlantically. The conclusion is that unifying efforts and connecting initiatives has highly beneficial effects for advancing the application of higher education language policy worldwide.