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Empowering Language Learners: Critical Approaches to SDGs

  In an increasingly interconnected world, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a powerful framework for addressing global challenges. They provide a shared language for discussing crucial topics like fairness, planetary protection, and equitable access to education. However, in our urgency to integrate them, are we sometimes missing a deeper opportunity? This article proposes moving beyond a superficial "checklist" approach to the SDGs in language teaching, particularly for those in subsidiary language courses who might feel time-constrained. By embracing a more critical and relational pedagogy, we can transform SDG engagement from a managerial task into a truly transformative learning experience, empowering students to become critical thinkers, not just well-behaved global citizens. This approach aligns with calls from post-development thinkers like Arturo Escobar (2018), who urge us to question the "one-size-fits-all" Western idea of progress often em...
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A place of your choice

Photo of a street in Guanajuato
If you want to talk or write about a place of your choice, read first. Pay attention to the language used, observe how words are connected, what verbs are relevant and, basically, try to understand what you have as a possible model for your own communicative purpose. Learn from it, and use it as a first stepping stone into developing your writing skills in Spanish. This task of communicating about a particular topic will make your learning about grammar and vocabulary far more meaningful and contextualized. Grammar and vocabulary are just tools that should help you to understand and transmit information.

Have a look at this document, and get started with your writing about a place of your choice!

If you would like to listen to the text presented in the document as an example, you can access it here.











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