Issue #88 August 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 ! ! ! 88th Issue celebrating 88 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 #88 This summer newsletter comes out as teachers and students here and abroad strive to stay cool and safe amid soaring temperatures and heavy rains. Our main articles in this edition include: (1) a description by Anthony Lavigne of how TED talks on global issue themes can be used to promote language learning and (2) an EFL research and education project designed to promote tolerance, reduce nationalism and eliminate xenophobia among school children in Russia. Our special feature this issue is a lesson about peace activist and “world citizen” Garry Davis who passed away in the US in July. Other items include a report on this spring’s IATEFL 2013 conference in Liverpool, resource books on war and peace plus a round-up of global education news, events and resources. ! 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 2013 (Liverpool, England) 6 – 10 * Teaching Global Issues via TED Lite by Anthony Lavigne 11 – 13 * Promoting Tolerance in the Language Classroom by Anastasia Khodokova 14 - 16 * Special Feature: Teaching about Garry Davis – World Citizen 17 - 19 * Teaching resources on global issues from global education organizations 20 * Language teaching textbooks on global education themes 21 * Book profiles: Summer Reading – Books about War 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 Peace as a Global Language (PGL) Global Education Events Nov. 16 - 17, 2013 Rikkyo University, Tokyo < http://pgljapan.org/ > ! Educating for a Just, Peaceful Future This fall’s annual Peace as a Global Language September 21, 2013 New York (USA) conference will be held November 16 - 17, 2013 <http://2013.humaneedconf.org/> at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. PGL 2013 will bring together educators, academics, activists and ! ACR Conference: Making Peace Happen NGOs for a stimulating weekend of talks, events October 9 – 11, 2013 Minneapolis (USA) and presentations on peace and peace education. <www.acrnet.org/Conferences.aspx> Plan to attend and submit a proposal! ! AASSA: Global Issues Network Conference • Call for Papers Deadline: August 30, 2013 October 18 – 20, 2013 Quito (Ecuador) • Extended deadline for proposal submissions <www.aassa.com/page.cfm?p=418> ! Education: Millennium Development Goals November 16 – 18, 2013 (India) www. One World Week (OWW) aaebhu.com/FIRST%20CIRCULAR2013.pdf Oct. 20 – 27, 2013 < www.oneworldweek.org > ! Education, War and Peace Conference (2014) One World Week is an annual UK-based global J u l y 2 3 – 2 6, 2014 London (England) Proposals: Nov. 30 <www.ische2014.org> education event which promotes social justice and global awareness. This year’s theme is More Than Enough? OWW invites teachers and schools More global education events are listed at: www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/ worldwide to hold their own events. Their site has: ! teaching materials, ideas, resources, Powerpoints ! information on OWW events around the world GLOBAL FESTA 2013 ! tips for how to organize your own OWW event International Cooperation Festival Start planning now for an event at your school! October 5 - 6, 2013 Hibiya Park, Tokyo < www.gfjapan.com > JALT Environmental Committee Global Festa 2013 will be held on Oct. 5 – 6 in Chair: Brent Simmonds Tokyo. This is Japan’s largest gathering of global <[email protected]> issue NGOs. The 2-day event features displays by The Japan Association for Language Teaching has over 200 groups (Save the Children, Amnesty set up an Environmental Committee to explore how International, UNICEF, Doctors w/o Borders…) to reduce the environmental impact of JALT and of plus concerts, workshops and ethnic cuisine. language teachers in Japan. To learn more or to Check out their website above (Japanese). Don’t make suggestions, contact Brent Simmonds. miss this special event! Bring your students!! 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 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 #88 August 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 #88 August 2013 GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Abstracts of articles from language teaching journals and news media. The Effects of Global Education in the EFL Students Join UK Charity Fun Run English Language Conversation Classroom th The 13 Oxford Fun Run, an annual UK charity event by Reza Omidvar & Benjamin Sukumar (India) sponsored by the Rotary Club, was won this year by <[email protected]> EFL teacher Gordon Kilroy. About 60 educational This article gives an overview of the field of global institutions took part in the 5-kilometer run, including education, explains how global themes can be English language teaching schools from Oxford, Bristol, integrated into content-based language teaching, and London, Dublin, Leeds and Wimbledon. Last year, the emphasizes the role that language educators can play in event raised more than £15,000 for local charities helping to prepare students for global citizenship. The working to support social causes such as the disabled, authors describe a content-based EFL global issues recycling and aid for cystic fibrosis patients. syllabus that they designed on global education “Language schools join Oxford fun run” in EL Gazette