GEC World/Contemporary World/

Lecture 1 - Introduction

Subject:GEC World/Contemporary World/

Academic Year: 2023/2024

Semester: First Semester

Teacher: Mag.B.A. Viktor Sinka

Number of hours/Number of weeks: 54 hours/18 weeks

Start of classes: August 9

End of classes: December 16

HNU/Semester program/ Academic year 2023/2024/

Start of classes: August 9

Midterm Exam: October 2-7

Final Exam (Graduating) November 20-25

Final Exam (Non – Graduating) December 4-8

Commencement Rites: December 17

End of classes: December 16

Grading system:

Comception: 10%

Performance task: 20%

Exams: 50%

Quizzes: 20%

Passing rate is 70% = 3.0

Learning modalities: Hybrid option /50% online and 50% onsite (face to face).
2 major activities this semester in the course/subject Contemporary World:
A: 1 country (for example Canada)
B: Group presentation about 1 global issue/problem/topic

For you as a student is very important:

A: Motivation

B: Your attendance at the course

C: Learning Strategy

D: Concentration

E: Learning something new/important/useful every day from/in this subject/course.

Top 5 things that students do that teachers appreciate most: We appreciate most our students:

A: be hardworking,

B: be honest

C: be prayerful

D: be a servant,

E: be respectful

Me as a teacher:

I am also an important part of this learning process, it means i should be here for you to
motivate you, to inspire you, to be your coach/partner/friend/,so it means to be your active
teacher. I should be more than just educator. I am a mentor, guiding students towards academic
and personal success.

Pls bear with me😊Pls cooperate with me😊

 GEC World/Contemporary World

Introduction: This course/subject is highly theoretical. The Contemporary World program is

part of the Social Sciences. It deals with problems and issues related to the environment,

population, wealth, power, tensions and conflicts. Social issues: This refers to issues related to

social inequality, discrimination, and access to basic needs such as healthcare, education, and

housing. Economic issues: This refers to issues related to economic growth, income inequality,

and unemployment.

A: essential outcome at the end of the course: to solve problems in global issues, in local issues.

first locally, than globally.

B: essential skills or topics: to be able to acomplish the essential outcome, so analyzing global

topics, global issues, global information, answering global questions, asking global questions

and acquiring global (world) information.

C: critical thinking skills, communication skills, asertiveness, study skills.

output = something produced, the amount of something produced by a person, machine, or

industry, efficiency can lead to higher outputs

Interactive teaching: The practice of involving learners in the educational process by

encouraging them to bring their own experience and knowledge into the process, while also

contributing to defining or organizing their learning.

Assertiveness = is the ability, a communication skill, to express one‘s feelings, opinions

and needs in an appropriate way in interaction with other people. It includes the ability to
communicate, agree, disagree, request, but also criticize without manipulation,

aggression or passivity.

= means standing up for your personal rights - expressing thoughts, feelings and beliefs

in direct, honest and appropriate ways. By being assertive we should always respect the

thoughts, feelings and beliefs of other people.

Asertivness = to be forthright, positive, insistence on the recognition of one's rights.

GLOBAL = synonyms = world, international, general ,cosmopolitan, universal, planetary,

comprehensive, encyclopedic, all – around, cosmic, earthly.

CONTEMPORARY = synonyms = modern, present, current, latest, recent.

CONTEMPORARY WORLD = synonyms = modern world, present times, modern times.

WORLD = synonyms = globe, planet, earth ,universe, cosmos, creation, sphere,nature

Key words for every letter in the word WORLD/ Activity😊

W – worldwide
O – oxygen, output
R – religion, race, rational, rapid, rank.
L – logical, life
D - diversity (languages, cultures, flags, tradititons, religions, beliefs, values, salary,
economy, food).

There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member
states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See
(Vatican) and the State of Palestine.

54 countries in Africa
48 in Asia
44 in Europe
 33 in Latin America and the Carribean
14 in Oceania
2 in Northern America

Population of some countries in the world /2023/

1 India 1,428,627,663 17.76 % 2,973,190

2 China 1,425,671,352 17.72 % 9,388,211

3 United States 339,996,563 4.23 % 9,147,420

4 Indonesia 277,534,122 3.45 % 1,811,570

5 Pakistan 240,485,658 2.99 % 770,880

6 Nigeria 223,804,632 2.78 % 910,770

7 Brazil 216,422,446 2.69 % 8,358,140

8 Bangladesh 172,954,319 2.15 % 130,170

9 Russia 144,444,359 1.8 % 16,376,870

10 Mexico 128,455,567 1.6 % 1,943,950

11 Ethiopia 126,527,060 1.57 % 1,000,000

12 Japan 123,294,513 1.53 % 364,555

13 Philippines 117,337,368 1.46 % 298,170

14 Egypt 112,716,598 1.4 % 995,450

15 DR Congo 102,262,808 1.27 % 2,267,050

16 Vietnam 98,858,950 1.23 % 310,070

17 Iran 89,172,767 1.11 % 1,628,550

18 Turkey 85,816,199 1.07 % 769,630

19 Germany 83,294,633 1.04 % 348,560

20 Thailand 71,801,279 0.89 % 510,890

Total Area of some countries in the world = land area + water bodies (lakes,
reservoirs, and rivers)

Km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles

1 Russia 17,098,242 6,601,665 16,376,870 6,323,142 11.0 %

2 Canada 9,984,670 3,855,101 9,093,510 3,511,022 6.1 %

3 China 9,706,961 3,747,877 9,388,211 3,624,807 6.3 %

4 United States 9,372,610 3,618,783 9,147,420 3,531,837 6.1 %

5 Brazil 8,515,767 3,287,955 8,358,140 3,227,095 5.6 %

6 Australia 7,692,024 2,969,906 7,682,300 2,966,151 5.2 %

7 India 3,287,590 1,269,345 2,973,190 1,147,955 2.0 %

8 Argentina 2,780,400 1,073,518 2,736,690 1,056,641 1.8 %

9 Kazakhstan 2,724,900 1,052,089 2,699,700 1,042,360 1.8 %

10 Algeria 2,381,741 919,595 2,381,740 919,595 1.6 %

Conclusion:
We all (everyone) are part of this world/global world . We all are equal and specific with our
specific needs and interests. How to face and overcome global challenges/problems?
Conflicts or peace?

Thank you very much for your attention and God Bless😊