Rita Divéki

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


The Creation of the Instrument

The data collection instrument was a questionnaire, which was administered online. As there was no previous research with the same focus and thus no instrument already created to examine these matters, the questionnaire was developed on the basis of the issues that came up in the relevant literature and in the interviews. Also, the questionnaire from one of my previous research projects inquiring into teachers’ views on dealing with controversial issues (Divéki, 2018) served as a starting point, and the lessons learnt from that pilot study helped me design the questionnaires for the two main studies. The first section of the questionnaire aimed to find out to what extent teachers would bring certain global, local, and intercultural issues into their classes. The participants were asked to rate their answers on a 6-point Likert scale (they had to assess the likelihood of their dealing with the given issue in class with a score between 1 and 5 and they had to mark six in case they had already dealt with the issues in class). The global issues listed were the ones that appear on the United Nations’ website as the most pressing global issues (United Nations, n.d.). For the list of local issues, I brainstormed some topics that often appear in the news and also relied on brainstorming sessions I usually have with groups of university students about what they find the most pressing issues in Hungary. The list of intercultural issues was also the result of brainstorming. The next three sections of the questionnaire (which enquired into teacher’s preferences, the frequency of the inclusion of global content and the importance of dealing with global, local, and intercultural issues) is based on the pilot study mentioned above (Divéki, 2018); the question types and the scales were borrowed from that study. The fifth section of the questionnaire, which enquired into the aspects influencing the inclusion of global issues in the EFL class was based on the studies presented in Sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.3 of the literature review.

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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