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GILE Newsletter 92 Issue #92 July 2014 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 92nd Issue celebrating 92 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 #92 Our summer newsletter for 2014 brings together a wide variety of articles on global issue themes: (1) a set of resources and strategies prepared by Tim Grose to help language educators teach about the UN Millennium Development Goals, (2) an EFL classroom lesson designed by Anthony Torbert to raise awareness of gemstones and conflict diamonds, and (3) an article by Carol Begg about teaching for global citizenship by combining global education with multiliteracies. Conference news includes reports on this spring’s 2014 IATEFL congress in Harrogate, England (April) and the annual Pan-SIG conference in Kyushu, Japan (May). We also feature a special section of teaching activities and resources to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I plus a round-up of all the latest global education news and events. ♦ 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 * News and announcements from language teaching organizations 5 * Conference Report: Global Issues at IATEFL 2014 (Harrogate, England) 6 – 9 * Conference Report: JALT Pan-SIG Conference (Miyazaki, Japan) 10 –11 * Teaching about Gemstones in the EFL Classroom by Anthony Torbert 12 – 13 * Education for Global Citizenship: Global Literacies by Carol Begg 14 – 17 * Special Feature: Teaching about the 100th Anniversary of World War I 18 – 19 * Teaching the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by Tim Grose 20 * Teaching Resources: Books and movies for teaching about World War I 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 Peace Education Workshop 2014 Peace as a Global Language (PGL) THEME: Peace Begins in the Classroom Dec. 6 - 7, 2014 Kobe Gakuin University August 28, 2014 Hiroshima, Japan < http://pgljapan.org/ > <http://gcpej.jimdo.com/cipe/hiroshima/11e/> This fall’s annual Peace as a Global Language conference will be held December 6 - 7, 2014 at A special evening workshop featuring practical Kobe Gakuin University. PGL 2014 will bring peace education activities for the classroom will together educators, academics, activists and be held on August 28 (Thursday) from 6:00 – NGOs for a stimulating weekend of talks, events 8:30 pm at Hiroshima City Machizukuri Shimin and presentations on peace and peace education. Koryu Plaza (Seminar Room A). Admission is Please plan to attend. Do submit a proposal! free. For more details, go to the website above. • Call for Papers Deadline: October 13, 2014 GLOBAL FESTA 2014 (International Cooperation Festival) One World Week (OWW) October 4 - 5, 2014 Hibiya Park, Tokyo Oct. 19 - 26, 2014 < www.oneworldweek.org > < www.gfjapan.com > < https://ja-jp.facebook.com/globalfesta2014 > One World Week is an annual UK-based global education event which aims to promote social Global Festa 2014 will be held on Oct. 4 – 5 in justice, global awareness and action for change. Tokyo. This is Japan’s largest gathering of global This year’s theme is Living Differently: Breaking issue NGOs. The 2-day event features displays by Chains, Making Change. OWW invites teachers, over 200 groups (Save the Children, Amnesty schools and communities worldwide to hold their International, UNICEF, Doctors w/o Borders…) own events. Their website has: plus concerts, workshops and ethnic cuisine. teaching materials, ideas, resources, Powerpoints Check out their website above (Japanese). Don’t miss this special event! Bring your students!! information on OWW events around the world tips for how to organize your own OWW event Start planning now for an event at your school! CONFERENCES NEWS th . 8 Annual Conference: Museums for Peace JALT Environmental Committee September 19–22, 2014 Seoul (Korea) Chair: Brent Simmonds Website: <www.inmp.net> <[email protected]> . Gender, Peace, Education and Development The Japan Association for Language Teaching has November 29 – 30, 2014 Bijnor (India) set up an Environmental Committee to explore how Proposals: Oct. 25 <www.vivekcollege.org> 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: make suggestions, contact Brent Simmonds. www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/ 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 Take a look at the rich variety of • For more updates on global Education Special Interest Group news, resources and information themes, go to our Global Issues website offers a wealth of teach- on global ed and global issues on Twitter site, also by Jack Brajcich ing ideas from back issues of our our dynamic Global Issues • Make sure to check out The newsletter, thanks to webmaster Facebook page designed by Jack GILE Daily, an indispensable Paul Arenson. Check it out! Brajcich<[email protected]> resource for following the issues! Global Issues in Language Education 2 Newsletter Issue #92 July 2014 JALT GLOBAL ISSUES SIG OFFICERS FOR 2014 Here are the 2014 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: SIG Treasurer: Kanto: Mark Shrosbree Jane Nakagawa (at left) Tokai University, Kanagawa Incoming: Anthony Torbert SIG Publicity: <[email protected]> Kobe Gakuin University John Spiri (Gifu Shotoku) <[email protected]> Chubu: Jane Nakagawa <[email protected]> Freelance Writer / Educator Outgoing: SIG Japanese Liaison: <[email protected]> Chris Bradley (Okinawa Univ) Masataka Kasai <[email protected]> Kansai: Michael Skelton Kansai Gaidai University Seiwa College, Nishinomiya <[email protected]> SIG Membership: <[email protected]> Tim Grose SIG Website: Chugoku: Tom Fast Paul Arenson (Webmaster) Sapporo City, Hokkaido Okayama Gakugeikan <[email protected]> <[email protected]> High School, Okayama <[email protected]> SIG Facebook & Twitter: SIG Member-at-Large: Jack Brajcich Chris Bradley Kyushu: Jack Brajcich Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College Okinawa University Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[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 #92 July 2014 GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Abstracts of articles from language teaching journals and news media. EFL Teachers Wanted for Thai Empowerment via English for Arab Women Conflict Zone The Union for the Mediterranean has launched a Thailand’s Ministry of Education has begun a new program entitled Skills for Success: Employability recruitment drive to hire foreign teachers of English for Skills for Women. According to partner Amideast, the its three southern border provinces – Narathiwat, program will start in Morocco and Jordan, then expand Pattani and Yala - as part of its preparations for full to Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon, providing 6 months of training to 90 women in each country. entry to ASEAN in the year 2015. The government job announcement made no mention of the violent “English for Employability in the Med” in EL Gazette insurgency by Muslim groups in the region, where #412 May 2014, UK. www.elgazette.com teachers are regularly killed on their way to work. Five teachers were killed in Narathiwat in December 2012. Romance Novel by EFL Prof Banned in Qatar Three soldiers providing security to local teachers were A romance novel written by an English professor in killed by a roadside bomb just this past October in Yala. Qatar was banned this March. The author, Mohana- A number of expat EFL teachers in Thailand have lakshmi Rajakumar, speculated that her book, Love expressed concern about the recruitment drive.
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