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Tips for teachers: how to start introducing global issues

Introduce a few questions
to start learners thinking,
e.g. in a lesson on clothing,
get them to check the
labels in each others’ clothes
to see where they were
made and discuss the supply
chain.

There are over eighty
ready lessons on many
global justice topics (and
several other teaching
ideas) on the New
Internationalist Easier
English wiki: http://bit.
ly/2mlHswE.

Use some of the free
ready materials available Find out what really inter- thing local and relevant, Remember,
online, e.g. the ‘Special ests learners. If they’re fasci- e.g. a local factory that af- don’t feel you have to
Days’ lessons on the Global nated by chocolate or gold, fects the water or an issue know everything about
Issues SIG website: http:// they might well be interest- of equality. With multilin- the issue before you bring
bit.ly/2nel06a. ed in nding out more about gual groups, bring in issues it into class – some of the
the production processes, that affect the countries of best teaching and
Film English also contains and you could then raise various learners so every- learning happens
several lessons: http:// questions about child labour one can nd out more. when the teacher is
lm-english.com/blog/ (e.g. and ethical mining. learning too!
The Alphabet of Illiteracy, Alternatively invest in the
The Superhumans, Today I With monolingual (forthcoming) A-Z of Global
Rise and The Other Pair). groups, start with some- Issues: http://bit.ly/2mQvBEQ

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