Issue #97 October 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 97th Issue celebrating 97 issues and 25 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 #97 Our autumn 2015 newsletter features: (1) an article by Zelinda Sherlock that takes a critical look at the content, values and assumptions embedded in English textbooks used in schools in Japan, and (2) a set of lively comments from an on-line debate moderated by British ELT expert Ken Wilson on the question of “Should we talk about global issues in the ELT classroom?” This fall marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945. To commemorate this, we include a special section on Teaching about the United Nations which includes a UN quiz for your students as well as a variety of teaching ideas, activities and resources. This issue also includes reports on this spring’s PanSIG conference (in Kobe) and this summer’s national JACET conference (in Kagoshima). We finish off this edition with a list of global issue calendars for the year 2016 plus a round-up of all the latest global education news and information. ♦ E-SUBSCRIPTIONS: After 20 years as a paper newsletter, we now offer electronic subscriptions by e-mail.