GLOBALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION: THE USE OF MOBILE APPLICATION FOR TEACHING SPEAKING AMONG EFL LEARNERS

Language and culture have an inextricable and interdependent relationship. Learning a foreign language without learning the culture can only produce a “fluent fool,” that is someone who speaks the language well but does not understand the social or philosophical context in which it exists. In this era of technology, globalization, immigration and mass media, it is even more imperative for EFL teachers to equip students with high level of...