1994-1996
Newsletter Archives

Our final issue of 1996 features articles on the environment and language teaching, a world survey of teenager’s interests and global concerns plus reports on an Australian peace education conference and a South-East Asian international schools conference. This also includes a profile of key books on teaching peace and tolerance, a report on UNESCO Linguapax at JALT’96 with Felix Marti’s keynote speech and a touching Christmas story from Germany about prejudice and global interdependence. Best wishes to all for a better world in 1997!

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Pan-Asian’97, AIDS Network, peace translation appeal

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• News from JALT’s Global Issues N-SIG and other ELT organizations

• Conference Report: SEATCCO'96 International Schools (Bangkok, Thailand)

• Conference Report: IPRA’96　Int’l Peace Research Association (Australia)

• The Exodus of the Foreigners: A Christmas Story from E. Nuissi (Germany)

• Language Education for World Peace by Felix Marti (UNESCO Linguapax)

• Linguapax at JALT’96 in Hiroshima by Ruth Maschmeier

• The Environment and Language Teaching by Hermann Troll

• World Survey of Teenagers’ Interests 1994-1995 by Julianna Dudas

• Book Review: The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog by Jessica Newby-Kawata

• Appeals: Volunteers for Thailand / Participants for Peace Education Survey

• Holiday Reading: Books on Peace, Tolerance and Social Responsibility

• Global Education: Who's Doing What?

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global Calendars and Almanacs for the Year 1997

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

Our summer issue of 1996 features articles on teaching global issues to children in Japan, environmental awareness in Brazil and computer software in the global issues classroom. Other topics include teaching about the Olympics and about the Middle East, reports on “One World Week” in Portugal and peace education in Tokyo, conference reports on TESOL’96 in Chicago and IATEFL’96 in England plus global issue summer reading, a preview of JALT’96 in Hiroshima and a report on women in language education. Best wishes to all our readers for a good summer break!

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Conferences and seminars on peace and global issues

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• News from JALT and the Global Issues National Special Interest Group

• Report: GILE Peace Education conference (June 9, Soka University, Tokyo)

• Conference Report: TESOL'96 (March 29 - April 1 in Chicago, USA)

• Conference Report: IATEFL'96 (April 9 - 12 in Stoke-on-Trent, England)

• News from national and international language teaching organizations

• English Class Taps World for its Lessons - Asahi Evening News article

• Computer-Enhanced Learning in the Global Issues Classroom by Joy Egbert

• Environmental Awareness: EFL, Portuguese and History by Marli Moreira

• One World in the Classroom by Janice Clark    (British Council, Portugal)

• Activity Report: Women in Education and Language    Learning (WELL)

• A Visit to Spry Peace School in Chicago, Illinois by Kip Cates

• Teaching About the Middle East    by Alan Fisher

• Special feature: Teaching About the Olympics

• Global Books for Summer: Talking Peace, Global Citizen, Better World…

• Global Education: Who's Doing What?

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

Our final issue for 1995 features articles on team-teaching in Asia and a "partnership stories" project, news of global education graduate programs and a global ed summer school in England. Other topics include reports on AIDS education and a new "women in language education" network, a Korean high school lesson on tolerance and prejudice and conference reports on LINGUAPAX in Australia and JALT'95 in Nagoya. This issue also includes news about global awareness workshops, peace action projects, global issue holiday reading and global education calendars to brighten up your classroom. We hope you like our new look on "white yamayuri" recycled paper. Thanks to everyone for all your support last year and good luck for a productive year of global education in 1996!

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Peace workshop, Egypt exchanges, Appeal from H.D. Brown

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• Conference Report Part I: Global issues at JALT'95 (Nov. 2-5 in Nagoya)

• New group: Women in Education and Language Learning (WELL)

• Conference Report: LINGUAPAX V (June 30 - July 2, Melbourne, Australia)

• Teaching Against Prejudice: The New Doctor (a Korean EFL textbook lesson)

• An AIDS Conference Report by Susan Miller

• Global Team Teaching: Thailand-Japan by Jim Kahny & Junko Mukainakano

• Profile: The Partnership Stories Project (Jean Eisele & Liz Sipprell)

• Special reports: Global Awareness Workshop / Peace Letters & Posters Project

• Graduate Programs in Global Education by Jessica Newby-Kawata

• Global Education Summer School in York by Margot Brown & Keiko Yamamoto

• Who's Doing What?  -  Members networking page

• Environmental Education Resources from the 1995 Edmund Science Catalog

• Global Issue Books for Holiday Reading: Prejudice, war, cults, a better world

• 1996 Global Education Calendars and Almanacs

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

This issue features articles on sex education and the environmental awareness of language peace education with an article on peace organizations and a lesson on nuclear weapons. This issue also announces the formation of a Global Issues SIG in the IATEFL organization and an appeal to set up a TESOL Peace Education Caucus. JALT SIG members should fill out and mail the enclosed postcard to help us make a Global Issues SIG Directory. 

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Workshops, study tours, events, calls for papers

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• News from the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

• News from other language teaching associations (IATEFL, Korea TESOL)

• Conference Report: TESOL'95 (March 29 - April 1 in Long Beach, USA)

• Conference Report: "Bridges to the Future" (April 6 - 9 in New York, USA)

• Time and Life's Heroes by Kevin Staff

• Special feature: Teaching About War and Peace

  • Peace Issues: Organizations and Education by Kazuyo Yamane

  • Teaching About the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons by Michael Gilmore

  • Sex Education: A Necessary Aspect of TESOL by Norman J. Yoshida

  • Promoting Cultural Sensitivity Among Students by Johnnie Hafernik

• Invitation: 1995 TESOL Peace Education Institute in Vermont

• Who's Doing What?  -  Members networking page

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

This is our last newsletter for the year. In this issue, we've included a review of JALT global education chapter presentations in 1994, fall conference reports from Japan and Korea, articles on junk mail and intercultural understanding plus teaching ideas and resources related to two key dates this month: International AIDS Day (Dec. 1) and International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10). With this issue, we'd also like to wish you all a pleasant winter holiday and a Happy New Year! We hope that the ideas and resources in this newsletter issue inspire you to move into 1995 with a renewed commitment to global education language teaching.

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Workshops, study tours, events, calls for papers

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• Report for 1994: Global issue presentations at regional JALT chapters

• Report: Global issues presentations at JALT'94 in Matsuyama (Part I)

• Conference Report: Korea TESOL’94 in Seoul “The Past Meets the Future”

• Special feature: Teaching About Human Rights

  • Human Rights and Language Teaching by Paul Hitchfield

  • Teaching Amnesty in English by Jessica Newby-Kawata

• Special feature: Teaching about AIDS

• Resisting the Exotic: Comparative Culture from all Sides by Joshua Dale

• How to Stop Unwanted Direct Mail by Atsuko Ushimaru

• Who's Doing What?  -  Members networking page

• Global calendar for 1995: Key international days, years and decades

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

This issue features a wide variety of news and information on global themes: articles on peace education through poetry and global issues through radio, conference reports from the US and Thailand, contributions from teachers in Poland and Korea plus a report on global issue organizations worldwide. Please let us know of any global ed related summer plans you have. Otherwise, we hope this issue encourages you with your teaching and look forward to receiving your comments, news or articles for printing in a future newsletter.

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements / News from Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

• Global education news from language teaching organizations

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• Conference Report: TESOL'94 (March 8-12 in Baltimore, USA)

• Conference Report: Thai TESOL'94 (January 13-15 in Bangkok, Thailand)

• Revised guidelines: Environmentally-friendly Actions to Encourage

• Global Issues and Poetry in the Language Class by Nick Owen

• Keeping Current on Global Issues: A Listener’s Guide by Charles McHugh

• Language Teaching and Global Education in Poland by Danuta Wisniewska

• A Japan-Northern Ireland EFL E-Mail Exchange by Akio Kido

• Special Reports: Global Issues at the YMCA / Collective Consciousness in Korea

• Teacher Role Play to Attack Prejudice by Mario Rinvolucri

• Who's Doing What?  -  Members networking page

• Vietnam: Breaking the Poverty Cycle by Tim Newfields

• Directories of Global Issue Groups Worldwide

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

Our fall issue of 1996 features articles on non-violence by Rajmohan Gandhi, debating social issues in China, a global issues textbook lesson from Brazil and global issues on the Internet. This also includes a report on a peace education conference in Tokyo, news from IATEFL’s Global Issues SIG in England and a profile of key global education handbooks. Other topics include information on UNESCO Linguapax, a book review on world literature and a preview of this year’s exciting JALT’96 conference in Hiroshima, city of peace - please plan to come and attend!

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

•  Announcements: AIDS Network, global ed events, peace translation appeal

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• News from JALT’s Global Issues N-SIG, Korea TESOL and JACET

• Conference Preview: JALT'96 (November 1-4 in Hiroshima, Japan)

• Overview: Peace Events and UNESCO LINGUAPAX sessions at JALT'96

• Summary: UNESCO’s LINGUAPAX 1987 Kiev Declaration

• Series: Global Issues in World Textbooks – A Brazilian EFL unit on protest

• News from IATEFL’s new Global Issues Special Interest Group (GI-SIG)

• Communication through Debate by Wang Qun    (Qingdao University, China)

• Peace Education Conference Report: IIPE'96 (August 23 - 30 in Tokyo)

• Preparing the World for Non-Violence by Rajmohan Gandhi

• Special feature: Global Issues on the Internet

• Book Review: Explorations in World Literature    by Kayo Ozawa

• Global Education: Who's Doing What?

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Key Books: World Studies, Global Teacher, Worldways, Next Steps in GE

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

Our first issue of 1996 features articles on overcoming cultural stereotypes, teaching about the Holocaust and studying the Beijing Women’s Conference. This also includes news of Israeli-Palestinian EFL cooperation, a summer volunteer program in Thailand, reports on philosophy in the classroom and on global issues through writing. Other highlights include conference reports on Korea TESOL and JALT'95 plus environmental guidelines, global education magazines and a report on women in language education. Kip Cates will be in the US from March 14 - 31 and in the UK from April 6 - 14, so please bear with his lack of response during these times. Best wishes for spring!

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Conferences on peace, environment, culture, education

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• JALT'95 Conference Report (Part II) plus JALT and N-SIG News

• Conference Report: Korea TESOL 1995 (October 27 – 29 in Seoul)

• News from national and international language teaching organizations

• Profile: Women in Education and Language Learning (WELL)

• Teaching a UN Summit / NGO Forum by Jeris E. Strain

• Philosophy in the Classroom: Bertrand Russell by Iwao Sasada

• International Understanding: A Country Like Mine by Clem Laroy (Belgium)

• Israeli - Palestinian EFL Collaboration by Linn Forhan (Ohio University)

• Special feature: Teaching About the Holocaust (ideas, activities, resources)

• Writing About Global Issues by Susan Niemeyer

• Appeal: C.A.N. H.E.L.P. Thailand Volunteer Program by David Rines

• GILE Environmental Guidelines / Book: The Meaning of Internationalization

• Global Education: Who's Doing What?

• Profile: Global Education Magazines and Newsletters  

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

Our fall issue features articles on cultural awareness and 'subversive' language teaching, reports on last summer’s TESOL Peace Education Institute and other conferences plus greetings from the new IATEFL Global Issues SIG. Other topics include classroom reports from Kenya and Romania plus a preview of global education presentations at the November JALT'95 conference in Nagoya. Important summer events to appear in our next newsletter include reports on the June LINGUAPAX conference in Australia and the July International Educators for Peace conference in Vermont.

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Projects, pen-pals, Model UN, In memoriam: Valentina Mitina

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• Short articles: Relevant Issues by Sabiha Grant / What did you learn in school?

• News from JALT and other language teaching organizations

• Conference Preview: JALT'95 (November 2-5 in Nagoya, Japan)

• Special Report: 1995 TESOL Peace Education Institute in Vermont, USA

• Global Issues: A New IATEFL SIG by Steve Flinders

• Teaching Global Interdependence as a Subversive Activity by H. Douglas Brown

• Conference Report: JET Renewers Conference (May 31 - June 3, Kobe, Japan)

• Conference Report: World Education Fellowship (July 10-15, London, England)

• Global Perspectives Refresh Classes by Koichiro Hidaka (Asahi Evening News)

• Genuine Awareness about Other Cultures by Robert Goddard

• Essay Exchanges for EFL by Martha Iancu

• Special reports: Peace education in Kenya / Miami global educators visit Japan

• Global Education: Who's Doing What?

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

This newsletter issue, our first for 1995, features announcements of global education summer programs, articles on overseas penpals and cultural diversity, news of the Kobe earthquake plus a special section on environmental education for Earth Day (April 23). We wish our readers all the best in their global education endeavors for the coming year!

Special features of this issue are:    

 

• Announcement: Global education summer schools

• JALT Global Issues N-SIG Officers / Donating used textbooks / Recycled paper

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• JALT and the Kobe Earthquake by Kevin Staff / Hanshin Earthquake Fund

• Report: Global issues presentations at JALT'94 in Matsuyama (Part 2)

• Global education news from language teaching organizations

• Special feature: Teaching About the Environment

  • On Track to Century 21: Destination for the 90's by H. Douglas Brown

  • Linking Classrooms to the World: Environment & EFL by Susan Stempleski

  • Cross Cultural Communication via Foreign Correspondence by Douglas Hosier

  • Role Playing via National Geographic by Stuart Salomon

  • Language Use or Language Usage? by George Jacobs

  • Cultural Diversity in English Language Teaching by Lavette Coney

• Who's Doing What?  -  Members networking page

• Book Reviews:

  • In the Absence of the Sacred reviewed by Daniel Kirk

  • Scientific American Reports reviewed by Arlene Alexandrovich

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

It's been a long hot summer in Japan! We hope you all had a productive holiday. This issue features an exciting variety of news and information on global education: articles on teaching global issues in England and on designing an environmental high school text in Mexico, conference reports and a preview of JALT'94 plus teaching ideas and resources for two key dates this fall: World Food Day (Oct. 16) and United Nations Day (Oct. 24). We wish you good luck with your global education language teaching this fall and look forward to receiving your comments, news or articles for printing in a future newsletter.

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

• Announcements: Study tours, charity events, calls for presentations

• Global education news from language teaching organizations

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• Conference Preview: JALT'94 (October 7-10 in Matsuyama, Japan)

• Report: Income from education materials sales – Arlene Alexandrovich

• Reports: 1994 JET Renewers’ Conference / LIOJ Summer Workshop

• Conference Report: WEF 1994 in Saitama “Education for a World Family”

  • Special feature: Teaching About the United Nations

  • Special feature: Teaching About World Hunger

  • Create a World by Kim Scranton

• Producing an Ecology-Based Textbook by A. Lopez et al

• A Practical Response to Global Issues by Julie Whitington

• Information Sharing Section  /  Who's Doing What?

• International Understanding and the JET Program(me) by Donn Durante

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network

This newsletter issue, our first of the year, is packed with information and resources on global education. Key topics are the teaching of women's issues and teaching about the environment - themes in line with International Women's Day (March 8) and Earth Day (April 22). We hope this issue helps you add a global perspective to your language teaching for 1994!

Special features of this issue are:    
                                                       

•  Announcements / JALT Global Issues N-SIG list    of officers

• Global education news from language teaching organizations

• Summaries of global education articles in language teaching journals

• Conference report: Global education presentations at JALT'93 in Omiya (Part II)

• Special Feature: Teaching about Women's Issues

• English Conversation Class Helps World Development by Alexandra Schwab

• Global Issues as Project Work by Margaret Oertig

• Putting On a Hunger Banquet by Jamie Haglund

• Communication in English Class by Yumiko Kiguchi

• Reports: Peace Education (Armene Modi), African Development    (Gordon Sato)

• Who's Doing What?  -  Members networking page

• Resource & Information Sharing Section

• Integrating Environmental Awareness in ESL by Heidi Gambee & Jeffrey Klausman

• Environmentally Friendly Classroom by Sandy Buffet

• Directories of Global Issue Groups in Japan

• Book Corner: New books on global education & language teaching

• New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues

• Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network

• Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network