GLOBALIZATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE

GLOBALIZATION AND TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH LEARNING BY: LIANA VERGARA

Globalization as a global phenomenon has become in an important tool to transform our world and our lifestyle in terms of Language and Culture.

English Language Teachers can take advantage of Globalization in the process of teaching.

ENGLISH IN CONTEXT The Ministry of Education adopted in this year the National English Program in response to the globalization phenomenon in which future generations will be able to communicate efficiently in English.

POST METHOD PEDAGOGY

Create an own innovative strategy for teaching Reflection about teaching practicesICTs

Giddens (2000) defined Globalization as a separation of space and time, emphasizing that with instantaneous communications, knowledge, and culture could be shared around the world simultaneously. English is becoming in the main spoken language around the world with multiples dialects and variations.

English as mediator of communication. A language achieve a genuinely status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country. Crystal (1997).

Positive and negatives effects of the spread of English.

English learning is a synonymous of progress, employment, education, and effective use of new technologies, inclusive and modernized society.

Less barriers for communicating and interacting simultaneously with people from other countries, ideologies or cultures..

The Spread of English, causes people lose their native languages and their culture. Exclude people with fewer resources.

Adaptations of English creates new varieties of that language, and it demands that people be able to understand and adapt to diverse world Englishes or dialects.

People are subjected to homogenize their identities and interests.

We as English teachers have the responsible to contribute to the globalization process with teaching English as a Foreign Language in our country.

To carry out class activities through which we can teach to students to value their ideas, their customs, and their culture.

CONCLUSIONGlobalization not only allows to languages and cultures to spread and dominate on a global scale, it also leads to the extinction of other languages and cultures. Language contributes to the formation of intercultural relationships.Teachers need to continue working hard on their own language learning, keep update with teaching technologies, and reflect on how their own teaching method is working and how it can be optimized.