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What is globalization?



Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the industry, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world.


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What is globalization?



Globalization is not new, though. For thousands of years, people have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed Silk Road across Central Asia that connected China and Europe during the Middle Ages. In fact, many of the features of the current wave of globalization are similar to those prevailing before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
Effects of Globalization


Competition - Survival in the new global business market calls for improved productivity and increased competition. Due to the market becoming worldwide, companies in various industries have to upgrade their products and use technology skillfully in order to face increased competition.
Find in the text the expressions that have similar meanings to the following words or phrases.



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Living Between Three Worlds

The author shares with us his understanding about the effects of globalization.
Objectives





By the end of this lesson, you will be able to 1) understand misunderstandings may take place at a variety of levels; 2) know people from different cultures view friendship differently; 3) know that the word “individualism” may mean different things to different people; 4) see that even to the people who share a common language, the same thing may mean different; 5) identify the theme of this unit; 6) get to know some new words.
Find in the text the expressions that have similar meanings to the following words or phrases.



overstate enough comfort reflect on genuine move aside/shun damaging increase
Effects of Globalization




Economy - realization of a global common market, based on the freedom of exchange of goods and capital. The interconnectedness of these markets meant that an economic collapse in one area could impact other areas. With globalization, companies can produce goods and services in the lowest cost location. This may cause jobs to be moved to locations that have the lowest wages, least worker protection and lowest health benefits.
Unit 1 Challenges in the
Multicultural World

Lesson 1 Globalization Text A Living Between Three Worlds

Contents
1. Objectives of this unit


2. Globalization 3. Text A: Living Between Three Worlds 4. Themes of the unit 5. Pictures of Indian lives
What is globalization?

But policy and technological developments of the past few decades have spurred increases in cross-border trade, investment, and migration so large that many observers believe the world has entered a qualitatively new phase in its economic development. Distinguishing this current wave of globalization from earlier ones, author Thomas Friedman has said that today globalization is “farther, faster, cheaper, and deeper.”



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Effects ofbalization has various aspects which affect the world in several different ways such as: Industry - emergence of worldwide production markets and broader access to a range of foreign products for consumers and companies. The movement of material and goods between and within national boundaries has become easier.
Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
1) identify some of the effects of globalization; 2) know the economists' point of view about immigration and outsourcing; 3) know what is the backlash of immigration and outsourcing and why it is difficult to make it go away.
Effects of Globalization




Some also view the effect of globalization on culture as a rising concern. Along with globalization of economies and trade, culture is being imported and exported as well. The concern is that the stronger, bigger countries such as the United States, may overrun the other, smaller countries' cultures, leading to those customs and values being faded away. This process is also sometimes referred to as Americanization or McDonaldization