IATEFL GISIG and MaWSIG invite competition entries for the project ‘Cinema Inspirations’. Population growth, global warming, disappearing species, human rights … There are many challenges, trends and pressing concerns facing humanity today.The ‘Cinema Inspirations’ project aims to create a bank of freely accessible ELT materials based on films related to these global issues. Submit an […]
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Global Issues Showcase Day, IATEFL Brighton
We’re very excited about our Global Issues SIG Showcase day – Tuesday 10th April – and we hope to meet you there too. Here is the line-up: Anastasia Khodakova (winner of the GISIG Esther Lucas Scholarship) Workshop Content integration strategies to teach tolerance and cultural diversity 10:40 Arifa Rahman Talk The role of ELT in promoting social […]
[WEBINAR] Luke Prodromou: The Dickensian Turn
How does our work in ELT relate to wider social and economic issues? What does it mean to be a language teacher with a critical perspective in our digital age? Let’s discuss these issues together at this free virtual event open to all! October 20, 2013 UTC 9:00 Watch the recording here: https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/p4mnb7uks94 About the presenter […]
Food issues month – October 2013
OCTOBER 2013 is FOOD ISSUES MONTH with the GI SIG! There are few things as universal to the human condition as food. What we eat, when we eat, how we prepare it are central to our existence. Food vocabulary is something language teachers do on a regular basis. But what about other global issues relating […]
Pre-Conference Event 2014: More than a game – socially conscious simulations and role plays for the language teacher
More than a game – socially conscious simulations and role plays for the language teacher Harrogate UK, 1 April 2014 The Global Issues SIG PCE in 2014 takes as its focus the area of ‘games’ as a means to practice English while raising awareness about social issues. We have three great sessions by award-winning authors […]
Food and Water
FOOD AND WATER —Food and industrially-driven consumerism. Many focus points, including advertising, now so extreme on TV, same products marketed globally. –Food adverts on TV. Have students collect and analyze, in particular the use of imagery. Much of their message is pure suggestion, or identification with a life style, or in the case of ‘Boss’ ice […]
Children as labourers
CHILD LABOUR Here many videos on child labor, students can explore: http://goo.gl/6nZ9P Children as labourers Child labour in East Asia The International Labour Organization (ILO, 2008) estimates 165 million children between ages of 5 and 14 are in child labour worldwide, with a total of some 215 million children and teenage youth engaged in […]
Global (pre-intermediate), Lindsay Clandfield, Macmillan 2010
Global (pre-intermediate) Lindsay Clandfield Macmillan 2010 158 pages ISBN: 978-0-230-03309-2 The adult coursebook “Global” by Lindsay Clandfield, has gained more and more popularity among teachers throughout the world as an excellent teaching resource since its publication in 2010. In the era of global English, more and more English teachers have realised the importance of improving […]
Report: GSIG Pre-Conference Event. Liverpool, Monday 8 April 2013
Helen Strong reports on the Global Issues SIG’s Pre-Conference Event which took place in the Hilton Hotel in Liverpool on Monday 8 April 2013 Download a PDF of this article here Not having attended a GISIG event before, I was drawn to the theme of this PCE and to its curious title of “Unlearning learnt […]
