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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali KARAKAS�Department of English Language Teaching�Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

akarakas@mehmetakif.edu.tr

How to integrate W/GE into global language classrooms?

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Global/World Englishes-inclusive Practices in/out of classrooms

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1) Engaging students with non-Turkish speakers in the classroom

Transforming classrooms into a diverse multilingual space

  • inviting international speakers to schools
  • colloborating with stakeholders (e.g. Universities, immigration authorities/offices)

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https://tysdortaokulu.meb.k12.tr/icerikler/etkilesimli-ingilizce-dil-sinifi-projemiz-tekrar-basladi_11177877.html

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Interactive English Classes Project

  • Provincial directorate of national education Burdur and MAKU School of Education
  • Sending non-Turkish students to selected set of schools within the city centre
    • Once a week
    • Focus on speaking and vocabulary building

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Ö14: İlk geldiklerinde biraz konuşmuyorduk biraz utandık fakat sonra konuşmaya başladık

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Ö10: biz şimdi İngilizceyi tek bir dil olarak düşünüyorduk yani basit bir dil olarak ama şimdi dünya genelinde bir dil oldu.

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Ö13: Daha çok sevdim İngilizceyi hem yabancı öğrenciler geldiğinde çok sevdim yabancı öğrencileri.

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Speaking Clubs on Social Media

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2) Global/World Englishes-oriented audio-visual resources

  • a) Video-clips from movies, TV series, cartoons, songs, TED talks and the like.
  • b) Podcasts produced by Non-native English speakers
  • c) Streaming TV channels broadcasting from around the World (e.g. Press TV, France 24, Russia Today (RT Doc), NHK, CGTN, TRT World, Islam Channel)

http://www.freeintertv.com/view/id-530/Japan-1-0-1

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English Vinglish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USX2nA6ZFQ&t=28s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVexpKO3UM

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Non-standard Native Englishes

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3) Outside schools meet and greet/talk/interview

  • Give students extramural activities that require them to contact foreigners in the immediate vicinity of their schools/cities
  • Volunteer host – helping non-Turkish individuals (tourists) in different capacities

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    • First-hand experiences in using English with those whose ways of doing English is different from St-NE/Bookish English
    • Increasing familiarity with etholingusitcally different people

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https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hrb6a

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdPjcLT7RO8

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https://kanal16haber.com/haber/yuksekovali_cocuklardan_isvicreli_turiste_ingilizce_tanitim_-71541.html

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4. Engaging students in metalinguistic discussion for reflection/transformation

put students in “open engagement with differences across uses, users, and contexts of English” (Kitazawa, 2013 , p. 261) to question their convictions.

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Fore more about GE-oriented

activities, get the book

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