Teachers: Poster Session ポスターセッション 55 minutes / 55 分 Fostering the development of sustainability competencies through the SDGs more

Sat, Oct 21, 15:25-16:20 Asia/Tokyo

As the global community strives to address pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges, the integration of sustainability into educational contexts becomes imperative, as does the need to cultivate the sustainability competencies of students. This presentation provides an overview of the development of an elective English course taught over a semester at a private language university in Japan. Specifically, it illustrates how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be effectively incorporated in foreign language education to foster the development of sustainability competencies, enabling students to connect language learning with real-world challenges and encouraging them to become active participants in achieving the SDGs. Additionally, the presentation highlights key factors that practitioners should consider when seeking to implement the SDGs and sustainability competencies into their classrooms.