Adding a Touch of Sustainability to EFL Lessons

Alina Popov

doi:10.69475/

Authors

Alina Popov Școala Gimnazială ”Otilia Cazimir” Iași Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

sustainable development, sustainable development goals, sustainability, environmental, social, and economic issues, Education for Sustainable Development

Abstract

The world we live in has been ravaged by armed conflicts, pandemics, inequity, poverty or scarcity of resources. It is widely expected that holistic, cross-curricular education that integrates the social, environmental and economic pillars of sustainability and empowers learners to contribute to a more sustainable society will play a crucial role in addressing these challenges. This material is intended to briefly explain what Sustainable Development and Education for Sustainable Development are and to provide
some examples of how teachers can adapt existing topics in the curriculum to meet the goals of EDS.

Author Biography

Alina Popov, Școala Gimnazială ”Otilia Cazimir” Iași

Alina Popov has been an EFL teacher for 18 years and she works with children aged 6 to 15. She is interested in using project-based learning, CLIL and cooperative learning. One of her latest preoccupations is embeding sustainable development into her lessons. This article has been the result of her participation in the Education for Sustainable Development training course held in Cyprus, within the Erasmus+ project entitled Hands on our Future (reference number 2022-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000055602). At the same time, she has been involved in 9 Erasmus+ projects, including the 2021-2027 Accreditation at her school, as coordinator, since 2014.

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