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From: mjfuente@gwu.edu

Call for Essay Proposals for Volume on Sustainability-based Foreign Language Teaching and Learning to be edited by Prof. María J. de la Fuente (The George Washington University) and pending review by Routledge.

    Outside the field of Foreign Language (FL) education, teaching and learning about sustainability has been advocated for by organizations (such as UNESCO) urging countries to integrate sustainable development issues (i. e. climate change, social equality, or poverty reduction) into teaching and learning. In this context, it has been claimed that universities should teach sustainability across the curriculum in order to prepare students for the challenges of the future.

    Within the post-secondary educational landscape, foreign language study could and should acquire a central role in sustainability literacy. The proposed book will, thus, be a part of the current discussion about the need for transformation in Foreign Language (FL) education by advocating a main role of sustainability in content-based FL instruction. Within CBI, there is already an increased interest in sustainability topics (environmental, social, or economic), as seen in conference presentations and recently published journal articles. It is important to note that sustainability is not to be exclusively equated to environmental issues. Papers are welcome that addressed integration of social and/or economic sustainability topics (as well as environmental) in FL teaching and learning.

    This volume will address SUSTAINABILITY-BASED FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING by bringing together curricular and pedagogical work in sustainability and FL education. The goal is to produce a state-of-the-art volume.
    The editor seeks papers for any of these areas:
    §    Part 1: Curriculum development: models and curriculum planning strategies
    o    Existing, innovative curricular and cross-curricular initiatives and interventions in FL programs, at the curricular or course level
    §    Part 2: Pedagogy:
    o    general pedagogical approaches for implementing sustainability FL education, such as project-based learning, problem-based learning, task-based learning, case studies, experiential learning, field work, debate, reflective learning
    o    examples of materials illustrative of the above
    §    Resources for FL practitioners
    o    Collection of resources
    If you are interested in contributing an essay, please submit an abstract of 300-500 words. Submitted essays should not have been previously published.

    Abstracts and CVs should be sent to the volume editor. Please send inquiries and e-mail submissions to María J. de la Fuente at mjfuente@gwu.edu.