Media task. Work in pairs. Go to websites like www.worldmapper.org and decide on a map that you both find interesting. Discuss what the map shows and take notes. Present your maps in class and interpret what the information means. Invite questions and answer them to the best of your knowledge. The Organisation for Youth Education & Development (OYED) is putting a focus on Global Issues in their online magazine next month. You have a chance to publish an article about the topic of the map you presented in 5b. Use your notes and the information you gained through the discussion in class and propose putting your topic online. In your email to OYED you should: ■■ explain why your topic and map should be chosen. ■■ assess the global relevance of your topic. ■■ argue how young people would benefit from knowing more about your topic. Write around 250 words. 1 Writing guide: Proposal, p. 186. b c Writing 6 Globalisation In pairs, talk about the countries … 1 where you have travelled to. 3 where a favourite dish of yours comes from. 2 where you know someone personally. 4 where the clothes you are wearing come from. What does ‘globalisation’ mean to you? Talk in class. In pairs, discuss what the words below have to do with globalisation. Read the excerpt from the book The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Choose the correct answers to the questions on the next page. Language focus Globalisation 7 a b economy outsourcing corporation natural resources colony import export technology inequality ‘McDonaldization’ communication competition multiculturalism migration global borders network child labour trade c Reading 8 … there have been three great eras of globalization. The first lasted from 1492 – when Columbus set sail, opening trade between the Old World and the New World – until around 1800. I would call this era Globalization 1.0. It shrank the world from a size large to a size medium. Globalization 1.0 was about countries and muscles. That is, in Globalization 1.0, the key agent of change, the dynamic force driving the process of global integration, was how much brawn – how much muscle, how much horse-power, wind power, or, later, steam power – your country had and how creatively you could deploy it. In this era, countries and governments (often inspired by religion or imperialism or a combination of both) led the way in breaking down walls and knitting the world together, driving global integration. In Globalization 1.0, the primary questions were: Where does my country fit into global competition and oppor-tunities? How can I go global and collaborate with others through my country? The second great era, Globalization 2.0, lasted roughly from 1800 to 2000, interrupted by the Great Depression and World Wars I and II. This era shrank the world from a size medium to a size small. In Globalization 2.0, the key agent of change, the dynamic force driving global integration, was multinational companies. These multinationals went global for markets and labor, spearheaded first by the expansion of the Dutch and English joint-stock companies and the Industrial Revolution. In the first half of this era, global integration was powered by falling transportation costs, thanks to the 36 Language skills Extras Explore 3 The changing world of work Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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