The sociologist Anthony Giddens has written that the era of late modernity in which we live is
characterized by a focus on and anxiety about identity.'What to do? How to act? Who to be …

Stimulated by one public-friendly argument that foregrounds the integration of local identity
and global citizenry and a second that is more mindful of the global-scale Othering, the …

The English language is significant to the internationalisation of higher education worldwide.
Countries in Asia are proactive in appropriating English for their national interests, while …

This chapter is based on two inter-related propositions. First, the on-going process of cultural
globalization with its incessant and increased flow of peoples, goods, and ideas across the …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters in this book. The book explains the ideology of language and identity that Japan …

This article, grounded in poststructural narrative inquiry, explores the narratives of two self-
identified female Japanese university students, who are conceptualizing and challenging …

Globalisation is an influencing force everywhere in the world. It makes us more aware that,
along with the prescriptive slogan 'think globally, act locally', there must, as so aptly put by …

This paper reports on an empirical study that examined the native speaker ideal among
Japanese high school students by measuring their language attitudes in this respect. The …

The sustainability of many Japanese institutions of higher education is dependent on the
injection of large numbers of foreigners. This requires addressing the intercultural …

In light of the global spread of English and the concomitant growth of the English language
teaching industry, there has been much discussion about the 'ownership of …