Modeling a General English Course Integrating Global Citizenship and Global Competence

Abstract

This study aims to develop a general English course model that cultivates global citizenship and global competence, employing the backward design by Wiggins and McTighe. In order to situate the model in a historical context and thereby help us see its continuity to and distinctiveness from the existing methodologies, this study first explained how various historical teaching methodologies in the field of ESL/EFL were developed and adopted in a way that integrated the needs of the changing world of the past. Then various global citizenship education(GCED) models as an educational response to the multiple crises of the 21^st century were reviewed along with the significance of respective GCED models for the proposed general English course model. Considering that lifelong learning is crucial in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this model identifies the critical reading of media articles as a habit that prospective global citizens need to develop over the course of their lives. Thus the model includes core learning experiences for learners to engage in critical reading of media articles and figure out what it is like, so that they can keep practicing it over their lifetime. The kinds of global citizenship education featured in the proposed model are also explained. Following the backward design, the desired results are identified as (1) understanding globalization and global citizens, (2) understanding global competence, (3) understanding technology, and (4) understanding English communication. The assessment evidence is also identified and presented along with learning experiences and instructions developed in accordance with the desired results and assessment evidence.