In this book linguists, educational linguists, and TESOL/applied linguists who take different perspectives examine the interaction and intersectionality of language and globalization and the implications for world languages and cultures in the 21st century. Autoethnography is the underlying approach/method; contributors draw on their own lived experiences to investigate and reflect on linguistic globalization through a personal narration.

Maryam Borjian is Language Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA.

Foreword: Why We Care: Language In A Globalized World, Ofelia García 1. Introduction PART I Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks: Issues, Challenges, and Changes 2. The Diverging Images of Globalization: A Journey in Books and Photos, Maryam Borjian 3. From A Village Outlook to A Global Overview: An Autoethnographic Report of Change in Sociolinguistic Research Questions, Ulrich Ammon PART II Global English: Views from the Classroom 4. A Journey with English: Re-Examining the Pragmatic Stance Towards the Language of Globalization, Nigussie Negash Yadete 5. English Language as Thief, Vaughan Rapatahana 6. Biscriptal English Learners: A 'Blindspot' In Global English Language Teaching, Pauline Bunce 7. Being 'The Villain': Globalization and the 'Native-Speaker' English Language Teacher, Elizabeth J. Erling 8. What My School Teachers Failed to Appreciate About Translanguaging, Ruhma Choudhury PART III Language, Identity and Crossing the Boundaries of The Expected 9. My Name: An Autoethnographic Reflection, Joseph Sung-Yul Park 10. Language and Identity: Reflections by A Cultural Commuter, Birgit Brock-Utne 11. Naturalizing A Planned Language: Esperanto And the Promotion of Linguistic Diversity, Humphrey Tonkin PART IV Language Death and Birth 12. Keeping the Language Ark Afloat In New York City, Daniel Kaufman 13. An Alaskan Language Odyssey: A Reflection by a Poet, Bob Holman with Sam O'Hana 14. In Search of Linguistic Legitimacy: Western Armenian And the New Speaker, Jennifer Manoukian PART V Epilogue Ode to My Mother Tongue, Marwa Adina Some Dimensions of English And Globalization: An Africanist Afterword, Alamin Mazrui