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Yakovchuk, Nadezhda. (2004) Global issues and global values in foreign language education : selection and awareness-raising. English Language Teacher Education and Development, Vol.8 . pp. 28-47. ISSN 1365-3741

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Abstract

The global education trend has recently been gaining in significance in education systems throughout the world. This paper discusses a number of issues regarding the possibility of incorporating a global perspective into foreign language education, and considering also some of the implications of this for language teacher education
Firstly, I shall describe my former teaching context – a pre-service foreign language teacher training course at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University in Minsk, Belarus. Then, I shall briefly discuss the concept of global education and its particular relevance to foreign language teaching, focusing on global issues and values as ways of incorporating a global perspective into foreign language education. Next, I shall report on and discuss the findings of my 2001 study of EFL teachers’ attitudes to certain aspects of the incorporation of a global perspective into foreign language education.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

L Education > LB Theory and practice of education

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Global method of teaching, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Language and languages -- Study and teaching, English teachers -- Training of -- Belarus

Journal or Publication Title:

English Language Teacher Education and Development

Publisher:

University of Warwick

ISSN:

1365-3741

Official Date:

2004

Dates:

Date	Event
2004	Published

Volume:

Vol.8

Page Range:

pp. 28-47

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

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