Issue #87 April 2013 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 ! ! ! 87th Issue celebrating 87 issues and 23 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 #87 Our spring newsletter comes out as teachers and students get back to school after the “Golden Week” holiday in Japan. Featured articles in this issue include: (1) a set of guidelines on how to teach controversial comics in the classroom, (2) an Australian checklist to help you evaluate if your institution is a “global school”, (3) a description of a college EFL course on Japan’s environmental impact, and (4) an annotated list of English songs about peace, human rights and the environment. To commemorate the recent death of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto in Syria, we include a special section on teaching about “freedom of the press”. Other items in this edition include a report on this spring’s TESOL 2013 conference in Dallas, Texas, a list of resource books for teaching about conflict resolution plus updates on 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 * Conference Report: Global Issues at TESOL 2013 (Dallas, Texas) 6 – 9 * Teaching Controversial Comics in the Classroom by Anastasia Betts 10 – 12 * Special Feature: Teaching about Freedom of the Press 13 * A Checklist for the Global School (Global Education Project, Australia) 14 - 15 * Teaching about Japan’s Environmental Impact by Tamatha Roman 16 - 17 * Global Issue Songs for the English Classroom by Junko Machida 18 – 19 * Language teaching textbooks on global education themes 21 * Book profiles: Resource books for teaching conflict resolution and peace. 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 2013 Conference Global Education Events May 18 – 19, 2013 Nagoya < www.pansig.org > ! Engaging Hearts and Minds: Human Rights Don’t miss this year’s Pan-SIG 2013 conference May 6–7, 2013 (Toronto) <www.centennial May 18–19 at Nanzan University in Nagoya. Full college.ca/engagingheartsandminds2013> details on the website above. GILE will run a joint ! Bring the World Into the Classroom forum with the Pragmatics and Learner Develop- May 20, 2013 New York (USA) ment SIGs. Talks on global themes will include: <www.levin.suny.edu/gwpconference.cfm> ! Critical Pedagogy for Social Justice (Barfield) ! World Environmental Education Conference ! Teaching the Fukushima Disaster (Haynes) June 9 – 14, 2013 Marrakech (Morocco) ! Drama and Global Issues (Kelly/Kamibeppu) <www.weec2013.org/en/> ! Learner Development and Global Issues (Mark) ! Bridging Cultures: Ed. for Global Citizens ! Poetry and Global Issues (Nakagawa) June 12 – 17, 2013 Ohio (USA) ! Benefits of the Model UN (Tatsuki / Nishide) <www.creducation.org/cre/goto/6th> ! Service Learning for EFL (Jones) ! Diversity in the Global Classroom (Hicks) ! Citizenship and Human Rights Education ! Teaching through TED Talks (Suginaga) June 28, 2013 University of London (UK) ! Gender Issues in the Classroom (Steele) <www.ioe.ac.uk/research/4582.html> ! EFL via Documentary Films (Koprowski) ! Environmental Justice and Citizenship ! Peace and Conflict: Rainbow War (Cates) July 10 - 12, 2013 Oxford (UK) <www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/> Global Issues 1-Day Event ! N at’l Peace Academy: Tour to Costa Rica June 23, 2013 Sapporo, Hokkaido September 7 - 14, 2013 (USa) < www.jalthokkaido.net > <www.ioe.ac.uk/research/4582.html> A 1-day Global Issues event will be held on June ! ACR Conference: Making Peace Happen 23 in Sapporo sponsored by JALT’s Hokkaido October 9 – 11, 2013 Minneapolis (USA) Chapter and our GILE SIG. Come join this event <www.acrnet.org/Conferences.aspx> to learn more about global education approaches! ! AASSA: Global Issues Network Conference October 18 – 20, 2013 Quito (Ecuador) ! Why Teach Global Issues? (panel discussion) <www.aassa.com/page.cfm?p=418> ! Making Global Connections (Tim Grose) ! Steps to a Global Classroom (Kip Cates) ! Education: Millennium Development Goals ! Global Issues Groupwork (Greg Goodmacher) November 16 – 18, 2013 (India) www. ! Date: June 23 (Sunday) 11:00 am – 4:00 pm aaebhu.com/FIRST%20CIRCULAR2013.pdf ! Place: Hokkai Gakuen University, Sapporo More global education events are listed at: ! Cost: JALT members = free, Others = ¥1000 www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/ New GILE 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 has been updated with a great on global ed and global issues on Twitter site, also by Jack Brajcich new look thanks to our new GILE our dynamic Global Issues • Make sure to check out The webmaster, Paul Arenson. Check Facebook page designed by Jack GILE Daily, an indispensable it out and send us your input! Brajcich<[email protected]> resource for following the issues! Global Issues in Language Education 2 Newsletter Issue #87 April 2013 ! JALT GLOBAL ISSUES SIG OFFICERS FOR 2013 Here are the 2013 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. 4-101 Minami, Koyama <[email protected]> <knightbus@ Tottori City 680-8551 [email protected]> SIG Publications: <[email protected]> Kanto: Mark Shrosbree Jane Nakagawa (at left) SIG Treasurer: Tokai University, Kanagawa SIG Publicity: <[email protected]> Chris Bradley John Spiri (Gifu Shotoku) Okinawa University Chubu: Jane Nakagawa <[email protected]> 555 Kokuba, Naha City! Freelance Writer / Educator SIG Japanese Liaison: Okinawa 902-8521 <[email protected]> Masataka Kasai <[email protected]> Kansai: Michael Skelton Kansai Gaidai University Seiwa College, Nishinomiya <[email protected]> JOIN OUR GILE SIG TEAM <[email protected]> Wanted: SIG Website: ! reps for other areas of Japan Chugoku: Tom Fast Paul Arenson (Webmaster) ! project & website assistants Okayama Gakugeikan <[email protected]> High School, Okayama SIG Facebook & Twitter: <[email protected]> SIG Membership: Tim Grose Kyushu: Jack Brajcich Jack Brajcich Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College Sapporo City, Hokkaido <[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 #87 April 2013 ! GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Abstracts of articles from language teaching journals and news media. Educating Under Fire: Why Children in a EFL for Africa via Solar-Powered MP3s War Zone Need Lessons to be Fun As part of a pilot English teaching project, the UK’s by Andrew Foster British Council is distributing 6,000 solar-powered (British Council Staff, Palestinian Territories) MP3 players to schools in nine different African nations: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria, South This article outlines the severe problems faced by Africa, Senegal, Sudan, South Sudan and Mozambique. Palestinian teachers and students in the Gaza strip. Half The MP3 players, built by the NGO Lifeline Energy, of Gaza’s children are Palestinian refugees who attend are pre-loaded with 30 hours of audio English content schools managed by the United Nations Relief and and are designed for resource-poor classrooms in areas Works Agency (UNRWA). UNRWA runs a total of 147 with little or no electricity. primary schools in Gaza but, due to a shortage of buildings, these are forced to operate on 2 shifts a day. “Council brings ELT tech to Africa” in EL Gazette The biggest challenge for education in Gaza is the #397 February 2013, UK. www.elgazette.com ongoing conflict with Israel. A November EFL teacher training course was delayed by Israeli missile strikes Desire in Translation: which destroyed houses and schools. During the attack, White Masculinities and TESOL everyone’s concerns were for the safety of their by Roslyn Appleby <[email protected]> families and friends.