Foreign Language Education in the Context of Institutional Globalization Chantelle Warner Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 2 Early Developments .............................................................................. 2 Major Contributions .............................................................................. 4 Languages Across the Curriculum ............................................................ 4 Study Abroad .................................................................................. 5 Work in Progress .................................................................................. 6 Problems and Difficulties ......................................................................... 8 Future Directions ................................................................................. 9 Cross-References ................................................................................. 11 Related Articles in the Encyclopedia of Language and Education .............................. 11 References ........................................................................................ 11 Abstract In the past few decades, globalization has found a secure place in educational discourses. While its impact and extent are subject to dispute among social scientists and critical theorists, globalization is a clear driving concept in policy decisions and institutional missions, which has a significant impact on foreign language pedagogy and research. The following article discusses some of the major curricular and scholarly contributions in this area over the past few decades, including the (Cultures and) Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) movement, the study-abroad practices, the recent interest in global communication technologies, and the new literacy practices. Key issues facing foreign language education at globalized institutions are also taken into consid- eration, in particular those that arise in the tensions between globalization under- stood as the intensified connectivity between localities and perspectives that see C. Warner (*) Department of German Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA e-mail: warnerc@email.arizona.edu # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 N. Van Deusen-Scholl, S. May (eds.), Second and Foreign Language Education, Encyclopedia of Language and Education, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-02323-6_14-1 1