Issue #112 October 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 112 Issue celebrating 112 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 #112 Our back-to-school newsletter for fall 2019 includes: (1) a description by Douglas Forster of a dynamic set of Media Studies courses he designed at his university that encourage students to think critically about media, ethics and society, and (2) a report by Victoria Muehleisen on how she engages her college EFL students with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our special feature this issue is Critical Thinking about Advertising Tactics. This notes the estimated 5,000 ads that our students are exposed to each day, includes a variety of classroom ideas, lists teaching resources for promoting media literacy, and provides a 2-page teaching unit to help students think critically about 10 psychological tactics used by commercial advertisers. We wrap up this issue with highlights from the spring Pan-SIG 2019 conference (Nishinomiya) and summer JACET 2019 conference (Nagoya) and a round-up of recent news in the field 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 6 - 9 * Conference Report #1: JACET 2019 (August 28 - 30 in Nagoya) 10 - 11 * Conference Report #2: Pan-SIG 2019 (May 18 - 19 in Nishinomiya) 12 - 13 * Teaching Media Literacy in the EFL Classroom by Douglas Forster 14 - 16 * Teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals by Vicky Muehleisen 17 * Special Feature: Critical Thinking about Advertising Tactics 18 - 20 * Language teaching textbooks on global education themes 21 * Book Profiles: Resources for Teaching about Media Literacy 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 JALT 2019 National Conference Global Education Events November 1 – 4, 2019 in Nagoya < https://jalt.org/conference > This fall’s JALT 2019 conference will take place on ! World Environmental Education Conference November 1 – 4 at WINC Aichi Conference Center November 3 - 7, 2019 Bangkok (Thailand) Website: <weec2019.org> in Nagoya. The theme is Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency. Plenary speakers will include: ! National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) Informed Action: Agency, Advocacy, Activism ! David Barker (Teacher Efficacy in Japan) November 22 – 24, 2019 Austin, Texas (USA) ! Mari Nakamura (Collaboration Across Borders) Website: <www.socialstudies.org/conference> ! Donna Brinton (Learner Agency: Then & Now) ! Rotary Peace Conference ! Oussouby Sacko (Diversity at University) Theme: Peace Starts With You This year’s featured speakers are: January 17-18, 2020 Ontario (California, USA) Website: <https://peaceconference2020.org/> ! Phil Chappell (Inquiry Dialog in Classrooms) ! Ken Beatty (Technology, Efficacy, Agency) ! War No More: UN Peace Conference 2020 ! Evelina Galaczi (Develop Interactional Skills) February 28, 2020 United Nations (New York) ! Timothy Mossman (EAL Peer Education) <https://teachun.org/conference/2020-un/> st ! Ron Morrain (21 C. Skills Using Mind Maps) ! Yale YIA Conference on Global Citizenship ! Janince Bland (Stories for Grammar & Lexis) March 13-14, 2020 Rome (Italy) ! Marc Helgesen (ELT & Science of Happiness) Website: <https://alumni.yale.edu/> ! Fiona Creaser (Harassment Awareness in EFL) More global education events are listed at: The full conference schedule is now on-line at: www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/ ! https://jalt.org/conference/jalt2019/full-schedule One World Week NDSU 2019 National Conference October 20 – 27, 2019 November 16 – 17, 2019 in Okayama <www.oneworldweek.org> < https://tinyurl.com/NDSU-2019 > One World Week is an annual UK-based global A special conference will be held by Notre Dame education event that promotes social justice, global Seishin University on November 16-17 on the awareness and action for a better world. This year’s theme International Communication and Commu- theme is Climate Changes Everything: Now Is The nity Development. The event is co-sponsored by Time To Act. OWW invites teachers worldwide to SIETAR, JALT Okayama and JALT’s two Global hold local events with their students. They offer: Issues and Intercultural Communication SIGs. The event will feature presentations by teachers and ! teaching materials, ideas, resources, Powerpoints researchers plus a separate strand for students. The ! information on OWW events around the world ! tips for how to organize your own OWW event conference schedule is now available at the site above. Make sure to attend this special event! Start planning now for an event at your school! GILE SIG Website GILE on Facebook GILE on Twitter www.gilesig.org www.facebook.com/gilesig.org https://twitter.com/gilesigjp The website for our Global Issues Check out our Global Issues We also run an information- in Language Education Special Facebook page for a selection of packed Global Issues Twitter site Interest Group (GILE SIG) offers a up-to-date news, events, announce- which features nonstop news, wealth of ideas, information, ments, information, campaigns, messages, suggestions, hints and teaching activities and resources resources and initiatives on global updates on global education ideas, plus back issues of our newsletter! education and global issues. resources, materials and events. Global Issues in Language Education 2 Newsletter Issue #112 October 2019 JALT GLOBAL ISSUES SIG OFFICERS FOR 2019 Here are the 2019 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’d like 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]> ! Our GILE SIG is run by a Kashima Asahi HS Okayama Chugoku: Tom Fast [email protected] dedicated all-volunteer team of Notre Dame Seishin University professional language teachers. <[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 #112 October 2019 GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Summaries of articles from language teaching journals and the news media. Global Issues: The Importance of Pakistani English Teacher Murdered Integrating into EFL Classrooms by Ben Farmer (New York Times) by L. Al-Shuga’a et al <[email protected]> Khalid Hameed was a popular English lecturer at Sadiq This article emphasizes the importance of integrating Egerton College in Pakistan. He was known for his global issues into content-based English classrooms dedication to teaching, for his help to poor students and and urges EFL instructors to take a global education for being a devout Muslim. On March 20, he was approach to their teaching