English as a global language methodological challenges and perspectives
English as a global language methodological challenges and perspectives

Summary/Abstract: An international language is a logical requirement in a world full of information and commercial exchanges at global level. This role has been taken over by the English language that has become “lingua franca” of science and technology, a transnational language of trade, finance and communications in general. Also, the access to tourism and especially to specialized scholarships and jobs represents another important aspect of the extrinsic motivation in the process of learning English. This increasing interest in learning English bestows an extraordinary responsibility on those who develop curricula and teaching methodologies. Developing the communication skills in a foreign language means getting to understand and convey the significations and meanings in a determined linguistic and cultural context, as well as a being acquainted with its specificity. That is why we are faced with a tendency of teaching a global English, a tendency of the learners to become bilingual without becoming bicultural.

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