Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter #34

Global Issues in Language Education SIG

Newsletter #34
March 1999

This issue, our first newsletter of 1999, features a survey on the world knowledge of Japanese EFL students, a description of an English language curriculum on gender issues, and an account of a class charity appeal for the victims of Hurricane Mitch. Other articles include a conference report on language teaching and peace education, an essay on teaching content-based social studies, a global issues brainstorming activity as well as resource books for teaching about Japan and World War II.

Abstracts of global education articles from language teaching journals

News from JALT and other language teaching organizations

Conference Report: Language Teaching and the Promotion of Peace

Teaching Gender Issues in EFL by Denise Drake

Assessing Students' World Knowledge by Janice Penner & Akihiro Omichi

Hurricane Mitch: How to Run a Charity Appeal by Carol Fritsch

Brainstorming Solutions to Global Issues by Debbie Gutmann-Ashiri

Poem: Peacmaking by T Newfields

Designing an EFL Content Curriculum on World War II by Robert Gettings

Global Education: Who's Doing What?

Spring Reading: Resource books for teaching about World War II

New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

Global education materials and global education resource organizations

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