Although the medium of instruction at the university is English, the majority of the students speak Setswana as their home language. My interest in global issues is mainly concerned with English as a world language, especially in post-colonial societies. He is interested in how ideas, activities and topics from such fields as peace education, human rights education, development education and environmental education can be integrated into language teaching materials, methods, curriculum design and teacher training. He is also actively involved in promoting global issues and global education within the language teaching profession world-wide. As the director of the International Study Centre for an independent boarding school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 years, I find that I cannot afford to choose which global issues interest me.
All global issues are very important when teaching children.
We use the Cambridge English for Schools course books which are a good springboard for discussion. I would like to hear from others who teach or run similar programmes for children. Christopher Etchells is Director of The English Country School, a residential English Language and activity summer school for children and teenagers. Christopher is especially interested in the teaching of English through projects and activities in the natural environment, with particular reference to young learners. My interest in education through language teaching has led me to develop project teaching aiming at global issues.