2000-2002
Newsletter Archives
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#38 (April 2000)
Our first newsletter of 2000 comes out in April instead of March as originally planned. Apologies from the editor. I hope it was worth the wait! This issue features a Japanese high school English course where students researched and wrote essays on global issues, an article about designing a classroom unit on the topic of “global superheroes”, an innovative “graduation pledge for social responsibility” now becoming popular in the United States and an article about teaching communicative peace through a “caring communication” college EFL curriculum. Also included are summer global education programs and a list of children’s books for promoting global awareness among young learners. If possible, please attend our May 20-21 Global Issues conference in Tokyo (see pg. 5). Best wishes for a great spring semester!
Special features of this issue are:
* Announcements: Global ed courses, Volunteers for Thailand / Peace Boat
* JALT Global Issues SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper
* Abstracts of global education articles from language teaching journals
* News from JALT and other groups: TESOL, IATEFL, FIPLV, KoTESOL
* Profile: New TESOLers for Social Responsibility Caucus (TESOL, USA)
* Our Windows to the Globe: Student Essays by M. Nagasaki & C. Ray
* Real Heroes to Global Heroes by R. Ballentine, A. Finlayson, S. Laivenieks
* The Graduation Pledge of Social Responsibility by Neil Wollman
* Words CAN Really Hurt You! by Donna McInnis
* Information: IPRA, Peace studies, Peace video, Global issues in easy English
* New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues
* Book Profiles: Children’s Books for Global Awareness
* Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network * Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network
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#39 (July 2000)
Here’s our summer 2000 newsletter, a bit late (July instead of June), but packed with news, information and teaching ideas. This issue features a global issues “discovery model” where students research world problems in their mother tongue, a new Asian cartoon hero named “Meena” created by UNICEF who promotes the rights of the girl child and a special section on teaching about the Olympics for the upcoming summer games (Sept. 15 - Oct. 1) in Australia. Also included is a report on the spring TESOL 2000 conference and a list of global issue reference books. If you can, please attend our September 24th Global Issues conference in Hokkaido (see pg. 5). Please note that Kip Cates will be in Europe July 20 - August 23, so will be out of contact for a month. Enjoy your summer and good luck with your fall teaching plans!
Special features of this issue are:
* Announcements: Global ed Internet links, IPRA, Hague peace video
* JALT Global Issues SIG Officers / Donating textbooks / Recycled paper
* Abstracts of global education articles from language teaching journals
* News from JALT and other groups: TESOL, IATEFL, FIPLV, KoTESOL
* Profile: TESOLers for Social Responsibility Caucus (TESOL, USA)
* Conference Report: TESOL 2000 (March 14 - 18 in Vancouver, Canada)
* Oxfam 2000 Global Citizenship Conference Report by David Peaty
* Oxfam Global Citizen Elements / Green Teacher Magazine
* A Global Issues Discovery Model by Dan LaBranche
* An Intro to UNICEF’s Meena Communication Initiative by Kirsten Schaetzel
* Special Feature: Teaching About the Olympics
* Class Activities: True-or-False Quiz, Matching Task, Ideas & Resources
* Reading Passage: The Olympic Games (with comprehension questions)
* Creative Thinking Group Task: Re-design the Olympics!
* New language teaching textbooks dealing with global issues
* Book Corner: Reference Books for Global Issues
* Global education materials available from the Global Issues Network * Coming Events Calendar / Global Issues in Language Education Network
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