In the age of globalization, cultural hybridity has become a common phenomenon. As a result, the notion of “glocalization” has been posited as the key to understanding the dynamics that underlie everyday praxis in our age. As one of the major contemporary ecumenical modes of expression, the English language has been avoiding its true destiny as a lingua franca, suppressing the phenomenon of cultural hybridity in its pedagogy until recently. However, it is time for a paradigm shift in how English is taught and how English proficiency is assessed.
To promote discussion from diverse perspectives on these crucial issues, the LTTC hosted an international conference on “Critical Reflections on Foreign Language Education: Globalization and Local Interventions.” The invited speeches and selected papers from the conference are gathered in this volume. The chapters in this book cover the three main themes: The first section examines the role of English as an international language and challenges current paradigms in language education; the second section explores several aspects of current language teaching pedagogy; the third section presents new perspectives on language testing and assessment.
在全球化的影響下，混合的文化逐漸普遍。「全球在地化」是解讀今日許多風俗習慣、社會實踐的途徑。雖然是全球最通用的語言，人們長期忽略英語身為通用語（Lingua Franca）的使命，依然在使用以及教學上奉行「純正」英語的霸權，而無視大量「混合」英語的母語、外語使用者。
為了廣納不同觀點以探討上述議題，財團法人語言訓練測驗中心（LTTC）舉辦了「外語教育全球化與在地化之省思」國際研討會，並挑選十篇與會講者之專題論文收錄成冊。本書分為三個部分：第一部分探討英語的「通用語」身分，並反思當今英語教學的「正統」範式；第二部分討論目前語言教育學的幾種面向；第三部分則展示語言測驗及評量的新觀點。
