English - the new planetary language
The spread of English as a universal language is a clear cultural sign of the globalization taking place at the end of the century, but the teaching of English as a second language in traditional schools is unsatisfactory all over the world. There is insufficient awareness of the impediment to globalization that the inability to communicate in English represents. Once again education looks elsewhere instead of mobilizing sufficient material and human resources to resolve such a serious and urgent problem.
Great strides could be made in the learning of any foreign language, for example through easy access to videoconferencing and Internet from school or home. Unfortunately communications costs are still too high. At current rates being charged by telecommunications companies nobody would even learn their own language, let alone a second language! However, this situation cannot continue for long given the growth of digital links between people and the elimination of state and private monopolies. This trend towards deregulation is a hopeful sign for globalized education.
source : http://www.byd.com.ar/de1www2.htm
The spread of English as a universal language is a clear cultural sign of the globalization taking place at the end of the century, but the teaching of English as a second language in traditional schools is unsatisfactory all over the world. There is insufficient awareness of the impediment to globalization that the inability to communicate in English represents. Once again education looks elsewhere instead of mobilizing sufficient material and human resources to resolve such a serious and urgent problem.
Great strides could be made in the learning of any foreign language, for example through easy access to videoconferencing and Internet from school or home. Unfortunately communications costs are still too high. At current rates being charged by telecommunications companies nobody would even learn their own language, let alone a second language! However, this situation cannot continue for long given the growth of digital links between people and the elimination of state and private monopolies. This trend towards deregulation is a hopeful sign for globalized education.
source : http://www.byd.com.ar/de1www2.htm
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