The impact of globalization on language teaching in Japan / Ryuko Kubota -- Globalization, diaspora and language education in England / Roxy Harris, Constant Leung and Ben Rampton -- Globalization and the commodification of bilingualism in Canada / Monica Heller -- Globalization and the teaching of "communication skills" / Deborah Cameron -- Foreign language learning as global communicative practice / Claire Kramsch and Steven L. Thorne -- Local literacies and global literacy / Catherine Wallace -- "McCommunication" : a problem in the frame for SLA / David Block -- Globalization, methods, and practices in periphery classrooms / A. Suresh Canagarajah -- The global coursebook in English language teaching / John Gray.