Kip Cates, Professor, Faculty of Regional Studies Tottori University. kcates@rstu.jp
1 credit or 0 [zero] credit - No prerequisites - TESOL. Open to all groups
Can be combined with a practicum
Pass/Fail (Letter Grade Option)

Dates	Time
October: Sat 6th November: Sat. 10th; Sun. 11th December: Sat. 15th; Sun. 16th	Saturdays: 4:00pm - 8:00pm Sundays: 10am - 5pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This global education "materials" workshop is designed to complement the global education "methods" workshop which is offered separately. The "materials" workshop aims to introduce students to global education approaches to materials design as they relate to the teaching of global issues in content-based language classes.

In the course, students will:

• study the principles underlying global education materials design,
• explore the range of teaching materials used by global educators (texts, video, songs, stories, CD-ROMs, pictures, posters...),
• experiment with global education approaches to materials writing,
• learn how to evaluate language teaching materials using global education criteria.

During the course, participants will have a chance to:

• analyze EFL textbooks designed around global themes from countries around the world,
• research teaching materials on global issues produced by international NGOs,
• examine teaching materials from such fields as global education, peace education, human rights education and environmental education,
• design language teaching materials on global education principles which promote world awareness, social responsibility and international understanding.

Participants should come away from the course with a sound grasp of how a global education approach can be applied to the design of content-based language teaching materials.

ASSESSMENT:

Assessment for the course will be based on:

• book reports
• class presentations and participation
• one fieldwork assignment
• one major student project

COURSE READINGS:

Course readings will consist of in-class handouts and specialized books in the area of global education that the instructor will make available for book reports and out-of-class reading assignments.

BOOKS TO BUY:

There are no textbooks to buy or reading packs to purchase, instead, students will be doing guided reading and book reports from the materials provided by the professor.

RESERVE READINGS:

1. Apple, M. & Christian-Smith, L. (1991) The Politics of the Textbook. New York: Routledge.
2. Brinton, D., Snow, M. & Wesche, M. (1989) Content-Based Second Language Instruction. New York: Newbury House.
3. Fisher, S. & Hicks, D. (1985) World Studies 8-13 Oliver & Boyd
4. Johnson, R. K. (1989) The Second Language Curriculum. Cambridge University Press.
5. Kniep, W. (1987) Next Steps in Global Education New York: American Forum
6. McDonough, J. and Shaw, C. (2003) Materials and Methods in ELT: A Teacher's Guide. Blackwell.
7. McGrath, I. (2003) Materials Evaluation and Design for Language Teaching. Edinburgh University Press.
8. Mohan, B. (1986) Language and Content. USA: Addison-Wesley.
9. Pike, G. & Selby, D. (1988) Global Teacher, Global Learner London: Hodder/Stoughton
10. Sampedro, R. & Hillyard, S. (2004) Global Issues (Resource Books for Teachers). Oxford University Press.
11. Sherman, J. (2003) Using Authentic Video in the Language Classroom. Cambridge University Press.
12. Tomlinson, B. (1998) Materials Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

BIO-DATA:

Kip A. Cates is a professor in the Faculty of Regional Sciences at Tottori University and has an MA in Applied Linguistics. He is the coordinator of the "Global Issues" Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) and publishes a quarterly "Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter." He is a past chair of the "TESOLers for Social Responsibility" (TSR) Caucus, is a global education advisor for the NGO Peace Boat and is founder of the Asian Youth Forum (AYF). He gives workshops and presentations on global education and language teaching both in Japan and overseas.