Rita Divéki

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


Activities Based on The Happy Broadcast

4.3.1.5.1 The Worksheet. The worksheet (Appendix I) focusing on the news website, The Happy Broadcast was created in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the first lockdown period. The worksheet was written with the aim of lifting students’ spirits and helping them cope with negative news they were constantly bombarded with at this time. Even though the courses in the research context were not held synchronously in Spring 2020, it was an important consideration to create a worksheet that could be used face-to-face and in synchronous online lessons as well. In this activity sequence, first, the students are asked to discuss their news reading habits and how the news usually makes them feel. Then, they are involved in a gallery walk activity, in which they are asked to go around the classroom and have a look at positive news headlines taken from the Happy Broadcast news platform. In the online setting, the headlines are uploaded to Padlet, and the students are asked to look through them and comment on them using hashtags. Then, they are asked to research the positive news story they liked the most from the wall (board) and share with their partner what they have read about. In a reading comprehension exercise, they are asked to read about the creation of the news site and then work on its vocabulary. In the follow-up discussion task, they are asked to expand on the advice given in the article about following the news and why they believe many young people do not follow the news. In the next jigsaw reading activity, they are paired up, and both have to read a different text about coping with negative news. They are then asked to summarise their text to their partner. Finally, they have to work on a project, in which they are to collect positive news items on a topic of their choice and present their findings in a creative presentation.

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 664 013 2

In today’s world, there are increasing demands for education systems for empowering students to become active and responsible global citizens who are prepared to address the challenges of the 21st century and who are equipped with global competence. This book examines global competence development (GCD) in English language teaching in Hungary from the perspective of university English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher trainers and secondary school EFL teachers. Based on the findings, it details the characteristics of globally competent teachers, offers a wide array of activities that can be used for nurturing global citizens, and outlines recommendations for the successful implementation of GCD in both secondary and tertiary education.

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