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1. Chapter 4: Whistle Blowing

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Business Ethics volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal discusses how employees make their decisions to come forward with potentially damaging information and about how employees identify strong ethical employment environments and, in turn, avoid potentially unethical employers.

2. Chapter 6: Climate Change

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Environmental Education Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Environmental Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on global warming and climate change.

3. Chapter 4: Being Good Communicators: Listening Reflectively

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Peace Education Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Peace Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal offers techniques and strategies for good communication skills.

4. Morning Discussion as a Communicative Activity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 4 Format(s): Text

   This article describes freshman university students in China. They started their day with Morning Discussion, a student-hosted discussion of relevant topics. BBC and VOA reports were useful sources. The discussions offered opportunities for negotiation, clarification, and building communicative competence. As students took responsibility for the topics, classroom set up, and participation, their confidence grew. This was very successful, as shown by comments in students’ weekly diaries. Instructors stayed out of debates and did not interrupt to offer corrections.

5. Chapter 1: Principles of Business Ethics

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Business Ethics volume of the Language and Civil Society discusses the principles of business ethics.

6. Real-Life Problem Solving: A Collaborative Learning Activity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1) Format(s): Text

   This article emphasizes the importance of classroom activities that promote interaction and real-life problem-solving skills. The author describes a real-life problem-solving activity that she implements within her own classroom, consisting of multiple groups of students following a seven-step process. The steps she emphasizes include: state the problem, analyze, brainstorm, decide, think though, identify, and follow up. The author suggests how the activity can be used in a variety of classrooms and age levels.

7. Chapter 9: Quality Standards

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Business Ethics Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Business Ethics volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on quality standards and the challenging issues that are raised by standards and ethics internationally.

8. Tips for Reading Extensively

   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 4 Format(s): Text

   This article describes how instructors can help their students benefit from extensive reading. Ten tips cover the basic guidelines of extensive reading. Extensive reading can improve learners’ fluency, confidence, and motivation in addition to expanding vocabulary and increasing reading speed. Students should read for overall comprehension and avoid turning to dictionaries with each new word. Modeling extensive reading and reading aloud with enthusiasm may also encourage student interest.

9. Chapter 2: Individual Freedoms: Freedom of Expression

   In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Civic Education Format(s): Text

   This chapter in the Civic Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on freedom of expression.

10. Chapter 10: Waste Management

    In: Language and Civil Society E-Journal: Environmental Education Format(s): Text

    This chapter in the Environmental Education volume of the Language and Civil Society e-journal focuses on waste management.

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