Issue #110 April 2019 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 th 110 Issue celebrating 110 issues and 29 years in print since 1990 Kip A. Cates, 3-351 Kita, Koyama-cho, Tottori City, JAPAN 680-0941 E-mail: [email protected] Check out back issues on our homepage! Website: www.gilesig.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/gilesig.org NEWSLETTER #110 Our 2019 spring newsletter comes out just in time for the long 10-day Golden Week Holidays here in Japan. Articles in this issue include: (1) a description by Louise Haynes about the work that she’s done teaching about social issue songs in her university classes and (2) an appeal from the Middle East by TESOL expert Shelley Wong, currently on an overseas Fulbright Fellowship, about the plight of Palestinian language teachers and learners under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. The big news in Japan now is the abdication of Emperor Akihito, the succession to the throne of Crown Prince Naruhito and the start of the new Reiwa imperial era. To mark this historic event, we’ve included a 4-page special feature on Teaching about the Emperor and Royal Families Around the World. This issue also includes highlights of this spring’s TESOL 2019 conference in Atlanta plus a round-up of recent news in the area of global education and language teaching. ♦ We offer electronic subscriptions by e-mail. Let us know if you’d like to try this option! * Summaries of articles on global themes from ELT journals and the media 4 * News and announcements from language teaching organizations 5 * Conference Report: TESOL 2019 (March 12 - 15 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) 6 - 10 * A Brief Look at the Topical Song in Language Teaching by Louise Haynes 11 - 13 * Palestine: A Call for Non-Violent Action by Shelley Wong 14 - 15 * Special Feature: Teaching about the Emperor and the World’s Royal Families 16 - 19 * Resources and information on global issue initiatives and organizations 20 * Language teaching textbooks on global education themes 21 * Book Profiles: Resources for Teaching Royal Families and Social Issue Songs 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 Pan-SIG 2019 Conference Global Education Events May 18 – 19 in Nishinomiya < http://pansig.org > ! Going Global 2019 Our Global Issues SIG will join with other JALT May 13 – 15, 2019 Berlin (Germany) Special Interest Groups to host Pan-SIG 2019. This Registration closes on Friday May 3rd exciting 2-day event will be held May 18–19 at Web: <www.britishcouncil.org/going-global> Konan University in Nishinomiya (near Kobe). Do plan to attend! Details at the website above. ! NAFSA 2019 “Global Leadership & Learning” Venue May 26 - 31, 2019 Washington, DC (USA) Website: <www.nafsa.org> ! Konan University (CUBE Campus) ! located halfway between Kobe and Osaka ! Peace, Conflict and Pedagogy Conference ! get off at Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi station July 2, 2019 Liverpool (UK) at Desmond Tutu Schedule Centre for War & Peace Studies <tutu.hope.ac. uk/events/annualinternationalconference/ ! May 18 (Sat) 9 ~ 9:30 am Registration Abstract deadline: May 1st 9:30 ~ 6:00 pm Presentations 6:00 ~ 8:00 pm Dinner event ! Educating for a Just and Sustainable Future ! May 19 (Sun) 9 ~ 10 am Registration NAAEE Environmental Education Conference 10 am ~ 5:30 pm Presentations October 16 - 19, 2019 Lexington (Kentucky) Website: <https://naaee.org/conference> Plenary Speakers ! Stephanie Ann Houghton (Saga University) ! World Environmental Education Conference - intercultural communication, ways to over- November 3 - 7, 2019 Bangkok (Thailand) come prejudice and discrimination Website: <www.weec2019.org> ! Siew Ming Thang (HELP University, Malaysia) More global education events are listed at: - language learning technology, CALL in Asia, www.peace-ed-campaign.org/calendar/ learner autonomy, learning strategies ! Kensaku Yoshida (Sophia University, Tokyo) - Japan’s foreign language education policy, JALT 2019: Call for GILE Proposals CEFR, communicative competence in English Our Global Issues SIG will hold its annual “GILE GILE Related Sessions (examples) SIG Forum” at JALT 2019 in Nagoya (Nov. 1 - 4). ! Global Citizenship via the Model UN (GILE) This allows teachers to give mini-presentations to ! St. Views on Global Issues & the Media (Christie) share their ideas, activities and research. Our SIG is now soliciting proposals for this session. ! Human Rights in Literature (Tanaka) st ! Short-term Study Abroad in East Africa (Miller) • Proposal deadline: May 31 (earlier is better!) ! VR 360 Video for Global Citizenship (Rothman) • For details or to submit a proposal, contact: ! Promoting Environmental Literacy (Jodoin) E. Desmarais <[email protected]> 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 We also run an information-packed Education Special Interest Group Facebook page for an exciting Global Issues Twitter site which (GILE) website offers a wealth of selection of up-to-date news, features nonstop news, messages, teaching ideas from back issues of events, teaching ideas, campaigns, suggestions, hints and updates on our quarterly newsletter. Check all resources, initiatives and info on global education teaching ideas, this out on our GILE SIG website! global education and global issues. resources, materials and events. Global Issues in Language Education 2 Newsletter Issue #110 April 2019 JALT GLOBAL ISSUES SIG OFFICERS FOR 2019 Here are the 2018 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: Hokkaido: Tim Grose SIG Publications: Michael Hollenback <[email protected]> Jane Nakagawa <jane Konan University, Kobe Tohoku: Naoko Harada [email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> SIG Publicity: SIG Treasurer: Hokuriku: Greg Goodmacher Jack Brajcich Anthony Torbert <[email protected]> Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College Kobe Gakuin University Kanto: Mark Shrosbree <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Tokai University, Kanagawa SIG Membership Chair: <[email protected]> SIG Japanese Liaison: Masataka Kasai Jennie Roloff-Rothman Chubu: Jane Nakagawa <jane Kansai Gaidai University Kanda Univ. of Int’l Studies [email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Kansai: Michael Hollenback SIG Program Chair: Konan University, Kobe GILE OFFICER TEAM Eric Des Marais <[email protected]> ! We’re entering 2019 with a Kashima Asahi HS Okayama Chugoku: Tom Fast [email protected] strong new team of GILE SIG Okayama University officers all eager to serve! <[email protected]> SIG Newsletter Editor: ! Get in touch if you have any Kyushu: Jack Brajcich Kip Cates Tottori University questions or wish to help. <[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 ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES or cassette tapes. Recycle them! English Books Wanted for Library in Gaza ! How to Save Paper in School www.wikihow.com/Save-Paper-in-School Mosab Abu Toha hopes to open a public English library in Gaza and has issued an ! How to Become a Green School appeal for books to teachers worldwide. Find www.greenschools.net/ out more at <http://libraryforgaza.org> "Book Aid" South Africa Library Project CLASS PROJECTS / SCHOOL EVENTS Help black South African kids! Check their site to see what’s needed. They mail to South Africa. ! Sponsor a Foster Child Overseas Chikako Noda <www.taaa.jp/english.html> http://plan-international.org www.plan-japan.org Websites to Check for Book Donations ! Work to End World Hunger (click “take action”) ! moneycrashers.com/where-donate-used-books/ http://actfast.oxfamamerica.org/ ! www.ala.org/offices/iro/iroactivities/ ! Raise Funds to Help Eliminate Landmines intlbookdonations www.icbl.org www.jcbl-ngo.org ! www.bookaid.org ! asiafoundation.org/what-we-do/books-for-asia ! Start a School Human Rights Club ! www.betterworldbooks.com/go/donatebooks www.youthforhumanrights.org (" “take action”) Global Issues in Language Education 3 Newsletter Issue #110 April 2019 GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Summaries of articles from language teaching journals and news media. Social Justice Education in the ESL Classroom: Language Learning for Global Citizenship Language Learning and Empathy by Mary Georgiou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus) by Kendra Staley This article explores the intercultural and political This article outlines the rationale for incorporating dimensions of foreign language education and discusses social justice education (SJE) into ESL classrooms and how language teachers can help to develop a sense of describes successful initiatives from around the world. global citizenship among their students. It criticizes a It defines social justice as a “philosophy, approach and narrow classroom focus centered on linguistic com- actions that embody treating all people with fairness, petence and calls for teachers to break down stereotypes respect, dignity and generosity”. The author