IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHING PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO THE INTEGRATION OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ELT CONTEXT

Abstract

Global citizenship education is essential that English language teachers should take it into consideration in order to implement their teaching practices with respect to the integration of global citizenship with ELT. The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions of English language teachers regarding integrating global citizenship education into ELT courses. The data were collected using a questionnaire survey, and a semi-structured interview form was also used. The participants were selected via a convenience sampling method, which is one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used in the research. They comprise of 122 English teachers who have worked at higher education institutions in the states and regions in the academic year 2019-2020. In implementing the global citizenship education, positive attitudes of teachers can change in today’s society through empowering and engaging the youths in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). As a result, it was found that English language teachers have insufficient levels of knowledge, skills, attitude and action related with global citizenship education.  Moreover, most of the participants stated that they partially understood the roles and responsibilities of Global Citizenship Education. They involved only partial implementation in specific teaching practices in their classes to educate students as global citizens addressing global issues in the courses, and role modelling was partially implemented by few teachers to promote global citizenship.