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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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Blackboard Groups

 


There is every reason to keep a sense of community and to learn with others in a digital space. This can be achieved with a number of tools. Those of you using Blackboard, would benefit greatly when given access to a Group. 

Groups in Blackboard is a tool that gives you access to other tools to connect and work with peers. You can initiate meetings, have presenter status and share documents, feedback and keep connected to others doing the same course.

It will be down to your tutor or lecturer to create groups. But once they are available, do not miss the chance to experiment and explore the many ways in which you can stay in touch and on task.

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