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Issue #94 February 2015 Tottori, Japan Newsletter of the "Global Issues in Language Education" Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) GLOBAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION NEWSLETTER ! ! ! 94th Issue celebrating 94 issues and 24 years in print since 1990 Kip A. Cates, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori City, JAPAN 680-8551 E-mail: [email protected] Check out back issues on our homepage! Website: www.gilesig.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/gilesig.org NEWSLETTER #94 Our February newsletter features two key articles: (1) a peace education project by Kathryn Tanaka where students chose, read and presented works on the theme of war, and (2) an outline by Bob Ashcroft of how to use movies in class to promote language skills, cultural knowledge and socio-political awareness. Special reports look at this fall’s JALT 2014 national conference in Tsukuba and Peace as a Global Language (PGL) in Kobe. Our special feature is on youth activists with profiles of figures such as Malala Yousafzai and Craig Kielburger. We also include a list of teachable moments for the year 2015, a report on the 13th Asian Youth Forum in Bangkok plus a round-up of global education news and information. ! E-SUBSCRIPTIONS: After 20 years as a paper newsletter, we now offer electronic subscriptions by e-mail. Please let us know if you’d like to try this eco-friendly option! * Abstracts of articles on global themes from ELT journals and the media 4 * Conference Report I: Global Issues at JALT 2014 (Tsukuba, Japan) 6 – 8 * Event Report: The 13th Asian Youth Forum (AYF 13) in Bangkok, Thailand 9 * Conference Report II: Global Issues at PGL 2014 (Kobe, Japan) 10 –11 * Teaching Peace and the Atomic Bombings in EFL by Kathryn M. Tanaka 12 – 13 * Using Movies to Teach English, Culture and Socio-Politics by Bob Ashcroft 14 – 16 * Upcoming Events: Teachable Moments for the Year 2015 17 * Special Feature: Teaching about Malala and Other Youth Activists 18 – 19 * Language teaching textbooks on global education themes 21 * Book Profiles: Resource Books about Youth Activists 22 Global Issues in Language Education 1 Printed entirely on recycled paper. ! A N N O U N C E M E N T S Japan University English Model Global Education Events United Nations (JUEMUN 2015) June 26 - 28, 2015 Kinki University, Osaka ! Education and Development Conference < http://juemun.weebly.com/ > March 5 - 7, 2015 Bangkok (Thailand) This year’s Japan University English Model Website: <http://www.ed-conference.org> United Nations (JUEMUN 2015) will be held from June 26 - 28 at Kinki University in Osaka. ! GIN High School Global Issues Conference College students and university teams throughout Tackling Global Issues: Energy & Passion Japan are invited to apply. This unique 3-day March 19 - 21, 2015 Milan (Italy) simulation allows students to take on the role of <www.ism-ac.it/en/global-issues-network -european-conference-2015> UN ambassadors or international journalists and engage in debates and discussions – in English - ! Peace Education and Bullying Conference on important global issues that face our world. April 22 - 24, 2015 Cagayan (Philippines) <www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org> US Prize for Young Peacemakers ! World Conference: Educators for Peace < http://peacefirst.org/prize/ > May 29 - 30, 2015 New Delhi (India) The Peace First Prize recognizes impressive Website: <www.iaewp.asia> young people for meaningful peacemaking work nd ! 2 Global Higher Education Conference that creates lasting good in a community, June 6, 2015 Lakeland College (Japan) neighborhood or school. The prize is open to US Website: <http://conference.lcjapan.com/> residents between ages 8 – 22. It will be awarded to five young leaders who have demonstrated ! Canadian School of Peacebuilding Courses compassion, courage and the power to create June 2015 in Winnipeg [Apply by April 1st] collaborative change. Winners will each receive a <http://csop.cmu.ca/index.php/courses/> $25,000 Peace First Fellowship to further their <> Youth Voices and Peace Activism peacemaking work. Applications and nomina- <> Human Rights and Peace tions will be accepted through March 30, 2015. ! IIPE Summer Institute of Peace Education July 26 – Aug 2, 2015 Toledo, Ohio (USA) JALT Environmental Committee Deadline for applications: April 15, 2015 Chair: Brent Simmonds Website: <www.i-i-p-e.org/iipe-2015/> <[email protected]> ! World Environmental Education Congress The Japan Association for Language Teaching has June 29 – July 2, 2015 Gothenburg (Sweden) set up an Environmental Committee to explore how http://weec2015.org/thecongress/invitation/ to reduce the environmental impact of JALT and of language teachers in Japan. To learn more or to More global education events are listed at: www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/ make suggestions, contact Brent Simmonds. GILE SIG Website GILE on Facebook GILE on Twitter www.gilesig.org www.facebook.com/gilesig.org https://twitter.com/gilesigjp Our Global Issues in Language Check out our Global Issues • For updates on global themes, Education Special Interest Group Facebook page for an exciting see our Global Issues Twitter site website offers a wealth of teach- selection of up-to-date news, • Make sure as well to check out ing ideas from back issues of our events, campaigns, resources, The GILE Daily, a dynamic newsletter, thanks to webmaster initiatives and info on global resource for following the issues: Paul Arenson. Check it out! education and global issues. <> http://paper.li/gilesigjp Global Issues in Language Education 2 Newsletter Issue #94 February 2015 ! JALT GLOBAL ISSUES SIG OFFICERS FOR 2015 Here are the 2015 officers for our Global Issues in Language Education Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). Let us know if you want to join the team! ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS REGIONAL OFFICERS PROJECT OFFICERS SIG Chair & Newsletter Editor: Hokkaido: Tim Grose SIG Programs: Kip Cates (contact details at left) Jennie Roloff-Rothman Tottori University Tohoku: Naoko Harada International Christian Univ. Koyama-cho, Tottori City <[email protected]> <knightbus@ <[email protected]> [email protected]> SIG Publications: Kanto: Mark Shrosbree Jane Nakagawa (at left) SIG Treasurer: Anthony Torbert Tokai University, Kanagawa SIG Publicity: Kobe Gakuin University <[email protected]> John Spiri (Gifu Shotoku) Kobe City Chubu: Jane Nakagawa <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Freelance Writer / Educator SIG Japanese Liaison: <[email protected]> SIG Membership Chair: Masataka Kasai Kansai: Michael Skelton Kansai Gaidai University Tim Grose Seiwa College, Nishinomiya <[email protected]> Sapporo City <[email protected]> Hokkaido SIG Website: Chugoku: Tom Fast <[email protected]> Paul Arenson (Webmaster) Okayama Gakugeikan <[email protected]> SIG Member-at-Large: High School, Okayama Chris Bradley <[email protected]> SIG Facebook & Twitter: Okinawa University Kyushu: Jack Brajcich Jennie Roloff-Rothman Naha, Okinawa Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College John Spiri <[email protected]> Jack Brajcich <[email protected]> WHERE CAN I DONATE USED GLOBAL PROJECTS FOR LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS? SCHOOLS AND CLASSES Don't throw away old textbooks, journals, dictionaries or cassette tapes. Recycle them! ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS EFL Books Requested for Teachers in Haiti ! How to Save Paper in School EFL teachers in Haiti are still recovering from www.wikihow.com/Save-Paper-in-School the January 2010 earthquake. Send books to: Herve F. Alcindor, Mate-Tesol President ! How to Become a Green School www.greenschools.net/ 84 Avenue Jean-Paul II, Turgeau Port-au-Prince, Haiti CLASS OR SCHOOL EVENTS "Book Aid" South Africa Library Project Help poor South African kids! Check first to see! ! ! ! Sponsor a Child Overseas what's needed. They'll mail to South Africa. http://plan-international.org www.plan-japan.org Chikako Noda (Japan) <[email protected]> ! Work to End World Hunger (click “take action”) Website: <www.taaa.jp/english.html> http://actfast.oxfamamerica.org/ Vietnam Book Donation Project ! Raise Funds to Help Eliminate Landmines Donate materials to teachers in Vietnam! Pay www.icbl.org www.jcbl-ngo.org your own shipping costs. Send to Tran van Phuoc, Hue University (Foreign Lgs.), 27 Phan Dinh ! Start a School Human Rights Club Phung, Hue, Vietnam <[email protected]> www.amnesty.ca/youth/get_involved/ Global Issues in Language Education 3 Newsletter Issue #94 February 2015 ! GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Abstracts of articles from language teaching journals and news media. Meeting EFL Learners Halfway by Using Criteria for “World Class” Universities Locally Relevant Authentic Materials The World University Rankings issued by the Times by Catherine Thomas (Baruch College, USA) Higher Education magazine <www.thewur.com> state that “internationalization” is a key factor to becoming a The author describes the surge of interest shown by her “world class” university. Their criteria for this is that (a) EFL students in Chile when she switched from 19% of all students should come from outside the unfamiliar topics to those with local relevance. She country and (b) 20% of the university’s teaching staff recommends that teachers meet learners half-way should be hired from abroad. through the use of authentic materials (movies, magazines, newspapers, literature, websites) that link “Internationalization is key to world class” EL Gazette local familiar content with educational themes.