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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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Sharing a document to work collaboratively within breakout groups


Sometimes face-to-face group or pair work is not possible. This does not mean that online group interactions are a second best. There are ways to support a rich online collaborative experience, and you can combine two different tools that will make your participants experience their learning or their interactions in a very positive way. 

A great way to get students or participants in a group to engage with work is a good topic and a good question. This has not changed with online learning. What has changed is the way you make that happen. Facilitate communication and engagement by using a shared document in combination with breakout groups. Combine the tools of Blackboard Collaborate with the power of sharing in Office 365. Here it is how.



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