Language Education, Global Issues and International Understanding

Abstract

A key trend within the language teaching profession is an increasing awareness of our social responsibility as educators and a growing concern with such global issues as peace, human rights and the environment. This talk will document the commitment of the language teaching profession to
global education, discuss what it means to "teach for a better world"and give examples of how language educators around the globe are working to promote peace and international understanding.

Speaker

Kip A. Cates has a B.A. in Modern Languages (UBC, Canada) and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics (University of Reading, England). He is coordinator of JALT's "Global Issues in Language Education" Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) and is past chair of the "TESOLers for Social Responsibility" TSR Caucus. He teaches English and Global Studies at Tottori University as well as graduate courses on global education for the MA-in-TESOL program of Teachers College Columbia University (Tokyo). He publishes a quarterly "Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter", is the founder and chair of the Asian Youth Forum (AYF) and has given presentations on global education in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Malaysia, Vietnam, Greece, Egypt, and Korea. He has worked, lived or travelled in 50 countries and speaks nine languages.

Contact information

Kip Cates, Tottori University, Koyama-cho,
Tottori City 680-8551, JAPAN
Tel/Fax: (+81) 857-31-5650
E-mail: kcates@fed.tottori-u.ac.jp 
Web site: http://www.jalt.org/global