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oapen-20.500.12657-526642023-06-28T09:12:25Z Education for Sustainable Development in Foreign Language Learning de la Fuente, María J. Anthropocene Climate change Content-based instruction (CBI) Economic sustainability Environmental sustainability environmental education environmental literacy FL Foreign language instruction Foreign language learning Higher Education Modern foreign languages SDG Social sustainability Sustainability Sustainability integration Sustainability literacy sustainable development goals United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNS Teaching of specific groups & persons with special educational needs::JNSV Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education::JNKC Curriculum planning & development This unique volume utilizes the UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework to illustrate successful integration of sustainability education in post-secondary foreign language (FL) learning. Showcasing a variety of approaches to using content-based instruction (CBI) in college-level courses, this text valuably demonstrates how topics relating to environmental, social, and cultural dimensions of sustainability can be integrated in FL curricula. Chapters draw on case studies from colleges throughout the US and consider theoretical and practical concerns relating to models of sustainability-based teaching and learning. Chapters present examples of project-, problem-, and task-based approaches, as well as field work, debate, and reflective pedagogies to enhance students’ awareness and engagement with sustainable development issues as they acquire a foreign language. Insights and recommendations apply across languages and highlight the potential contribution of FL learning to promote sustainability literacy amongst learners. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators in higher education with an interest in Modern Foreign Languages, sustainability education, training, and leadership more broadly. 2022-02-03T16:18:29Z 2022-02-03T16:18:29Z 2022 book ONIX_20220203_9781000480177_20 9781000480177 9780367530327 9781032131108 9781003080183 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52664 eng Routledge Research in Language Education application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International n/a 9781000480177.pdf external_content-3.epub Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003080183 10.4324/9781003080183 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb Knowledge Unlatched 9781000480177 9780367530327 9781032131108 9781003080183 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge 264 open access
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This unique volume utilizes the UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework to illustrate successful integration of sustainability education in post-secondary foreign language (FL) learning. Showcasing a variety of approaches to using content-based instruction (CBI) in college-level courses, this text valuably demonstrates how topics relating to environmental, social, and cultural dimensions of sustainability can be integrated in FL curricula. Chapters draw on case studies from colleges throughout the US and consider theoretical and practical concerns relating to models of sustainability-based teaching and learning. Chapters present examples of project-, problem-, and task-based approaches, as well as field work, debate, and reflective pedagogies to enhance students’ awareness and engagement with sustainable development issues as they acquire a foreign language. Insights and recommendations apply across languages and highlight the potential contribution of FL learning to promote sustainability literacy amongst learners. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators in higher education with an interest in Modern Foreign Languages, sustainability education, training, and leadership more broadly.
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