Rita Divéki

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


Activities Based on The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt

4.3.1.7.1 The Worksheet. The worksheet was created around the TED-Ed video The life cycle of a t-shirt with the aim of introducing the topic of sustainability and ethical consumption. As the idea of the worksheet was conceived during the 2020 Spring lockdown, it was an important consideration to make the task sheet asynchronous lesson-friendly: thus, there were individual tasks and some conversations which had to be recorded. In the warmer activity, the students have to discuss some questions about their relationship to clothes with the aim of personalising the topic. In the second activity, they are given facts in connection with the fashion industry, and they are asked to predict the correct numbers in them. Then, they are asked to check their predictions in an article taken from the World Economic Forum’s official site. Before watching the short activity, the students are familiarized with some key vocabulary from the text. While watching the video, they are asked to order the phases of the life cycle of a t-shirt, and while watching it for the second time, they are asked to take notes about different aspects of the video. In the next task, they have to discuss questions in connection with the advice given in the video and they are also invited to fill in a quiz about their own fashion footprint. They are asked to further ponder the ways of reducing their fashion footprint in activity 7, and then, they are involved in a short, 10-minute research session, when they have to research one of the aspects of the 6 Rs of fashion and report back their findings to a member of the group. The sequence concludes in two projects the students can choose from: they can either look into the origins of the clothes they are wearing and present their findings to the group or enquire into the sustainability policy of their favourite clothes brand. Apart from these activities, their homework is to spend some minutes on Google’s Your plan, your planet website, on which they can learn some tips about eco-friendly behaviour. The worksheet can be found in Appendix I.

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.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/diveki-developing-global-competence-in-the-hungarian-efl-classroom//

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