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
Date:	2004
Volume:	Vol.8
Page Range:	pp. 28-47
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/3245

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