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Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


University Tutors’ Attitudes towards Dealing with Global Content

6.2.2.1.1 The Interview Study (Study 1). To examine the participating university tutors’ attitudes towards dealing with global, local, and intercultural issues, they were asked to describe their feelings concerning their incorporation, talk about the frequency of their inclusion and the importance of dealing with such topics in language classes. Based on these aspects, they seem to have reasonably positive attitudes towards dealing with global content in their classes: they have mainly positive feelings towards addressing global, local, and intercultural issues in class, they deal with them quite frequently and they find these topics important. This seems to be imperative in implementing GCED, as it has been suggested in the literature (Bauermeister & Diefenbacher, 2015; Guo, 2014; Longview Foundation, 2008; Merryfield, 2000), teacher trainers have an important role in setting an example to their students when it comes to nurturing global citizens. Even if they are not integrating global citizenship as a topic explicitly in their lessons, by infusing their courses with the global perspective, they are passing on important values to the next generations and providing prospective teachers with examples to follow.

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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