English in Japan in the era of globalization

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"English in Japan in the Era of Globalization will appeal to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including applied linguistics, global studies and Japanese studies.

It makes a significant contribution to an emerging body of literature (e.g. Heinrich and Galan, ) that more accurately depicts the intricacies and complexities of contemporary Japan's linguistic ecology.

"English in Japan in the Era of Globalization will appeal to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including applied linguistics, global studies and Japanese studies. It makes a significant contribution to an emerging body of literature (e.g. Heinrich and Galan, ) that more accurately depicts the intricacies and complexities of contemporary Japan's linguistic ecology.5/5(1).

About this book. Introduction. Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country.

This book investigates the relationship between English and personal and national development in the era of globalization.

It addresses the effects that the increased use of English and the promotion of English-language education are having in developmental contexts, and their impact on broader educational issues.

English in Japan in the Era of Globalization. Philip Seargeant (ed.) Palgrave. Macmillan, Pp:x++index. Reviewed by Li Xin Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.

This volume is an engaging addition to the body of scholarship which examines the increasingly globalized nature of English. Book Review: English in Japan in the Era of Globalization. Various issues involved in the diffusion and diversification of English in Japan are discussed, such as students' and teachers' beliefs about English teaching in Japan, immigration, diversity and language education in Japan, English as an international language (EIL) and ‘Japanese English’, with the goal of promoting research on globalization of English language in Asia and the Author: Xin Li.

The subject of this book is the role played by the English language in contemporary Japan. The nine chapters of the book examine this role from various perspectives and in various domains, and taken together they represent a wide-ranging survey of the linguistic, social and cultural issues that arise from the use of English in by: 3.

"English in Japan in the Era of Globalization will appeal to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including applied linguistics, global studies and Japanese studies. It makes a significant contribution to an emerging body of literature (e.g.

Heinrich and Galan, ) that more accurately depicts the intricacies and complexities of contemporary Japan's linguistic : Palgrave Macmillan.

English throughout in Japan. I also introduce one teaching method that has recently caught on among Japanese universities as a suggestion to how English education in Japan might change in the future.

As Japan opened up to the outside world as the Meiji period started inafter an isolation. English in Japan in the Era of Globalization is the latest publication by Philip Seargeant, a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University’s Centre for Language and Communication.

Seargeant has extensively investigated the study of world ‘Englishes,’ partially through his time working in Japanese higher education (e.g. Seargeant ). Due to globalization, English language emerged as a global force.

As statistics say English language is the most widely spoken tongue in the world today. It is English language, however, a bigger impact on the world as a whole and has become the global de-facto standard used in business, cultural, political and linguistic exchange.

Book review: Philip Seargeant (ed.), English in Japan in the Era of Globalization. Lachlan R Jackson. Discourse & Society 4 (ed.), English in Japan in the Era of Globalization. Show all authors. Lachlan R Jackson. Lachlan R Jackson. See all articles by this author.

Search Google Scholar for this author. First Published July 10 Cited by: 1. Loanwords in Japan: Effects on Japanese Language and Society in the Era of Globalization Introduction Japan can be considered one of the most prominent examples of a monolingual society because of its perceived demographically as well as linguistically homogeneous society (Backhaus 52).

Globalization and the Japanese Culture. A little bit about Japan. Japan is a statovolcanic archipelago of 6, islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hakkaido, Kyusha, and Shikoku which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan’s land area.

Japan’s population of million is the world’s tenth largest. English tongue. From the Meiji era up to the present, two broad purposes have motivated the Japanese resolve to learn English. The first has been to understand and absorb a different culture. The second has been to communicate with English speaking people.

And in this era of rapidly intensifying globalization,File Size: KB. English in the Globalization Era Nowdays English is no longer a very unusual thing, but English has become the norm especially in the era of globalization.

Able to speak well and fluently English no longer be an added value, but it has become demands or needs for every people in today’s era of globalization. Globalization and Language Teaching. and feminist concerns such as women’s rights in Japan. working on a translation of a feminist book from English into.

On to the twenty-first century. Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz published Globalization and its Discontents in Tell us about it please. Joe Stigiltz’s Globalization and its Discontents is a book that anyone looking for a rounded set of perspectives on globalization should read. Joe Stiglitz has been one of the world’s leading economic theorists since the s.

He is author of The Idea of English in Japan (Multilingual Matters, ) and Exploring World Englishes (Routledge), and editor of English in Japan in the Era of Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, ) and English in the World: History, Diversity, Change (Routledge,with.

Japan and the Japanese people have not escaped the effects of globalization. In fact, precisely because of its history as a “closed” nation during the Tokugawa Period (), Japan.no longer acted as constraints on Japan's economy at least by sometime between and The more essential reason for the subsequent downturn in Japan's economy was Japan's delayed response to the significant changes in the environment, namely, globalization and population aging.

Going back to my earlier reference toJapan.Globalization Studies and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Age of Globalization (in Russian). His academic interests are connected with the analysis of problems of globalization and modernization.

His published research includes topics such as forecasting world political change, social .