Rita Divéki

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


Dealing with Conflict in the Classroom

The participants reported on taking radically different approaches to handling conflict in their classes, and their answers varied from completely avoiding the issue (É) to creating teachable moments out of them (A, B). Alma evoked a class, where one of her students got offended because she was made to work together with a student she did not want to: as a result, she asked everyone to write down something that made them feel hurt. Having written down their feelings, they could tear their slips apart depending on how hurt they felt, into two pieces if they “did not feel that much hurt and many pieces if they were extremely hurt” (T/FG-HS1-A-11). In this way, her students could let go of their grievances and work on their emotions in a memorable way. What became evident was that those who deal with conflict in their classes head-on either discuss the issue with the student alone, after class (J, Zs) or with the whole group (B, J, K, Zs). In Zsóka’s words,

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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