On Designing and Implementing Pre-service Teachers’ Classes for Improving Primary Learners’ Global Citizenship based on Global Literacy in Primary English Classes

The purpose of this study is to suggest a method of designing and implementing classes for pre-service teachers to cultivate global citizenship based on global literacy. To do this, pre-service teachers’ lesson plans were analyzed in the aspect of global citizenship. It was shown in the result of the analysis that ①the activities set by the pre-service teachers had limitations in raising awareness of in-depth culture such as values, standards, and beliefs of people from different cultural backgrounds, ②the plan for scaffolding was not specified so that they could actively participate in the classes, and ③there was a lack of activities to express their thoughts or opinions in pairs and groups from a mutually subjective perspective on global issues or various cultures. In order to foster global citizenship, it was suggested that teaching-learning and assessment methods of improving their global citizenship through discussion and cooperation among learners in pair and groups need to be designed in designing activities such as storytelling or role-plays.