1st Edition

Education for Sustainable Development in Foreign Language Learning Content-Based Instruction in College-Level Curricula

Edited By María de la Fuente Copyright 2022
264 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This unique volume utilizes the UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework to illustrate successful integration of sustainability education in post-secondary foreign language (FL) learning. Showcasing a variety of approaches to using content-based instruction (CBI) in college-level courses, this text valuably demonstrates how topics relating to environmental, social, and... Read more

Introduction: What is Education for Sustainable Development (EDS) and Why Should it be Integrated in College Foreign Language Curricula?

María J. de la Fuente

Part 1
Approaches to Integrating Education for Sustainable Development into Foreign Language Curricula

  1. Sustainability and the Pluriverse: from Environmental Humanities Theory to Content-Based Instruction in Spanish Curricula
  2. Laura Barbas-Rhoden

  3. Multiliteracies Pedagogy: Theory to Practice for Scaffolding Sustainability Literacies
  4. Kristen M. Turpin

  5. Project-Based Language Learning: Addressing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Issues in Climate Actio
    Megan M. Ferry
  6. Problem-Based Pedagogy for the Advanced College Language Curriculum: Becoming a Multicompetent Language User through Sustainability Education
  7. María J. de la Fuente

    Part 2

    Implementing Sustainability-Based Curricular Initiatives in Foreign Language Education

  8. Engaging Students with Social, Cultural, and Environmental Sustainability Topics in the Spanish-Speaking World: A Reimagined Beginning Spanish Curriculum
  9. Jorge Méndez Seijas and María Luisa Parra

  10. Beyond the Language Requirement: Implementing Sustainability-Based Fl Education in the Spanish Foundations Program  
  11. Raychel Vasseur and Yerko Sepúlveda

  12. Toward the Greening of the Intermediate French Language Curriculum
  13. Richard Kern and Vesna Rodic

  14. Toward Sustainability in German Curricula
  15. Alec Cattell and Belinda Kleinhans

    Part 3
    Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaborations toward Sustainability Education in FL Programs

  16. Cross-Disciplinarity at the Core: Teaching Sustainability in a Business German Course        
  17. Margaret Gonglewski and Anna Helm

  18. Content-Based Instruction in a Spanish Language Classroom: Climate, Identity, and Historical Patterns of Latin American Migration to the United States
  19. Silvia M. Peart, Bradford S. Barret, and Sharika D. Crawford

  20. Sustainability across the Curriculum: A Multilingual and Intercultural Approach
  21. Deborah Reisinger, Sandra Valnes Quammen, Yan Liu, and Edgar Virgüez

  22. Translanguaging in Language and Area-Studies Curriculum: A Japanese FLAC Course of Minamata and Fukushima in Environmental Humanities

    Nobuko Chikamatsu

Conclusion

María J. de la Fuente

Biography

María J. de la Fuente is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures at The George Washington University, USA.