The Effects of Global Education in the English Language Conversation Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Omidvar, Reza; Sukumar, Benjamin
Titel	The Effects of Global Education in the English Language Conversation Classroom
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 6 (2013) 7, S.151-157 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Global Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Critical Thinking; Problem Solving; Communicative Competence (Languages); Course Content; College Students; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Globales Lernen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kritisches Denken; Problemlösen; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Kursprogramm; Collegestudent; Indien
Abstract	Global education is the backbone of balanced teaching. This is also applicable in the second language teaching domain where its application could result in enhancing global awareness and the linguistic competence of learners. It is, however, important to consider the platform of teaching English to speakers of other languages where the participant's content as well as task plays an important role in enhancing the learning curve. With the above as a theoretical background, this study puts global issues into practice within the content of a syllabus of English language teaching in an intermediate, multilingual and multi- cultural conversation class at the Institute Of Language Studies (IOLS), India, producing competent students. The effect of integrated global education in teaching English as a second language has been qualitatively evaluated throughout the course of the experiment. Global education issues are investigated, amalgamating the content-based and task-based language teaching methods as offshoots of the communicative approach. At the same time, the learners were also encouraged to think critically. After the instruction of the intended syllabus, participants basically showed a higher degree of awareness of global issues and the ability to analyze problems and apply critical thinking in their environment. They were also more effective and coherent in their class participation than in other classes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01