ABSTRACT
The outlook most societies in the world are constructing for themselves today is shaped by global interactions, global travel, global job seeking, and global business ventures—in short, by borderless communication and trade. To this list, global education must certainly be added. The compelling reason is that it prepares learners for achieving at least some of the aforementioned goals of contemporary societies. The ancillary reason for global education is the establishment of a global network through the medium called the Internet. The Internet has grown in stature from its humble beginnings and is currently largely responsible for tracking international developments right down to keeping people well informed about local conflicts. More recently, scholarly developments have found their way to many homes via this medium. A pragmatic reason for global education is that employers, especially from multinational firms, are interested in recruiting those who have professional skills and a linguistic ability to connect with the rest of the world. Because the predominant language of the Internet and globalization is English, the language appears to have a disproportionately high economic value compared to other languages used beyond one's borders.
