Effects of globalization

• Improvement in the information flow between geographically remote locations;

• the global common market has a freedom of exchange of goods and capital;

• there is a broad access to a range of goods for consumers and companies;

• worldwide production markets appear;

• free circulation of people of different nations leads to social benefits;

• global environmental problems like cross-boundary pollution, over fishing on oceans, climate changes are solved by international discussions;

• more trans-border data flow using communication satellites, the Internet, wireless telephones, etc.;

• international criminal courts and international justice movements are launched;

• the standards applied globally like diplomas, patents, copyright laws and world trade agreements increase, so documents, authorized by one country are quite often recognized in another;

• international travel and tourism increases;

• multiculturalism, a concept that emerged from globalization, maintains different cultures and promotes their social linking;

• multilingualism develops, as every society has its own cultural identity. People learn foreign languages and lifestyle of other cultures;

• worldwide sporting events like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup are held

• enhancement in worldwide fads and pop culture;

• local consumer products are exported to other countries;

• immigration between countries increases;

• cross-cultural contacts grow and cultural diffusion takes place;

• there is an increase in the desire to use foreign ideas and products, adopt new practices and technologies and be a part of world culture;

• free trade zones are formed having less or no tariffs;

• capital control is reduced.

2. Match the words from different columns to make collocations. Reproduce the information from the text where these word combinations are used. Make your own sentences with these collocations.

VERBS (with prepositions)	NOUNS
turn into	a global scale
accumulate	new practices and technologies
recognize	international movements
spread on	discussions
stimulate	a garbage dump
adopt	diplomas, patents, agreements
solve by	free trade
launch	waste
export	products.

3. Explain in English by matching a and b parts. Use them in the sentences of your own.

A	B
outsourcing	unhealthy food which has little vitamins and minerals and contains high level of calories from fat
a white collar job	something that comes into fashion and becomes trendy very quickly
junk food	system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work
slavery	the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers
multiculturalism	a position for an educated specialist with a diploma which allows earning high average salaries and not performing manual labour at work
multilingualism	a contract with another company or person to perform a particular function
fad	a conception which means that different people have their own cultural beliefs and they happily coexist, respect different values and ethics.