Globalization

1. Reflect on this quote: Globalization can ... be define as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link

Distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa.' 

(Anthony Giddens, former director of London School of Economics). 



What is already done in schools in your country?  




Denmark is well equipped to continue benefiting from globalization. 
The aim for Denmark its to maintain its position and one of the wealthiest countries in the world and as a country with strong social cohesion. 
The Reform of the primary and lower secondary school system. The government in Denmark has focused on the academic standards, and that it need to be raised considerably in the core subjects of reading, mathematics, science and English.  
I think that evaluation and testing should give teachers, parents and pupils a clear idea of where particular focus is needed.  

In school we have been discussing about the Teachers should become subject specialists, and be specialists trained in a particular subject. 
It will help level the playing field between students attending public school and those enrolled in private school, where teachers often are single-subject specialists. The idea is to ensure that teachers are well versed in the content they're teaching and can focus their efforts on one academic area.

The pupils in primary and lower secondary school should work on developing their creative skills in the existing

subjects. 





2. Write core concepts from this challenge with definitions

Glozalization: 

Glozalization is a mixture of and the end result of combining the words globalization and localization. I read an article Glozalization: time-space and homogeneity-Heterogeneity by Roland Robertson, the sociologist. He suggests replacing the concept of globalization with the concept of Glozalization. in using " Glozalization" rather than globalization Robertson wishes to blur the boundaries between the local and the global. 

Robertson offers instead to see the local itself as one of the aspects of Globalization. For example, the search for " home"

and" roots" are a counter reaction to globalization but rather a need structured by it. 

He defines the word Glozalization as a reason where ties and influences are selected, processed and consumed according the local culture's needs, taste and social structure. 

Profession: A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain. 

English as a lingua franca: 

An article from Barbara Seidlhofer, define the term " English as a lingua franca" (ELF). In recent years the term ELF, has

emerged as a way of referring to communication in English between speakers with different languages. Since roughly

only out of every for users of English in the world is a native speaker of the language, most EFL interactions take place

among " non-native" speakers of english. Although this does not preclude the participation of English native speakers in

ELF interaction, what is distinctive about ELF is that, in most cases, it is a "contact language “between between persons

who share neither a common native tongue nor a common/national culture, and for whom English is the chose foreign

language of communication. 
(http://people.ufpr.br/~clarissa/pdfs/ELF_Seidlhofer2005.pdf)

As in danish Undervisnings Ministeriet, " Fælles mål for Engelsk" defined the term " Lingua Franca as " Undervisningen

omfatter møder med andre, der anvender engelsk enten som modersmål eller lingua franca dvs. at ingen af samtale-partnerne har engelsk som modersmål, men anvender engelsk som fælles kommunikationsmiddel, gennem samarbejds-projekter, udvekslinger, møder og eventuelt rejser.