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Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


Global Competence Development in the Participants’ EFL Lessons

To tap into the practical side of what the participating teachers mean by global competence development, they were asked what they do in their lessons to develop the above-mentioned knowledge, skills, and attitudes in their students. Most of them mentioned discussing diverse, often controversial local and global issues. They reported on different ways of introducing such issues to their students; Áron, Béla and Leo use thought-provoking videos or readings to bring the issue into their class, Emma and Édua try to use materials that are otherwise close to the students’ heart (e.g., songs) to make them interested in the issues, and Hedvig asks them to read the news at home and then initiate a discussion about them. Some of them pointed out that it is not necessarily the teacher who brings up such issues in class, sometimes they just crop up due to their topicality or to the students’ interest in them. Áron, for instance, prefers dealing with topical issues that the students bring up in his classes:

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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