Raising concepts and awareness of sustainability and the environment in higher education through French foreign language teaching: a multidisciplinary didactic proposal

Abstract

Our society is affected by the climate crisis, which is largely a consequence of human activity. For this reason, the education and awareness of society plays a fundamental role. Spain and Andalusia are committed to the 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations and their fulfilment by 2030, representing an important part of the Challenges of Andalusian Society (CAS). One of the goals to be achieved is to “improve education, awareness and human and institutional capacity for climate change mitigation, adaptation and early warning”. Education and environmental awareness in relation to CAS remain one of the main challenges, especially in foreign language teaching and learning. By means of an innovative educational strategy, this project aims to address four CAS in university language learning/teaching of French as a foreign language (FFL): 1. Climate action, environment, resource and raw material efficiency, 2. Smart, green and integrated transport, 3. Safe, clean and efficient energy, and 4. Health, demographic change and social well-being. The aim is to train and raise awareness of key concepts among undergraduate students through the integration of the CAS as didactic units in FFL subjects of the Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies at the University of Granada (Spain). This project may well have a positive impact on the environmental attitude, interest and motivation of students towards the CAS and the acquisition of linguistic competences in the French language.

The Impact of E-Learning Technologies on Entrepreneurial and Sustainability Performance

“…At the macro technical level, it is about the awareness of the biophysical environment, human interactions, and influences [48]. Our resources and ecosystems need to be respected and protected, and humans should take more responsible and conscious actions [49]. At the micro level, universities have begun to make significant contributions to raising public awareness about entrepreneurial education [50], and, at the same time, can motivate students to find solutions to these sustainability problems [51].…”

Analysing of the sustainable development goals in Damascus University during Syrian crisis using the strategy in the university and the bibliometrics data from SciVal

“…Also, the bibliometrics methods are applied for the study of the sustainability for the police of the economy and environments [ 22 ], and for the libraries managements [ 23 ]. The relationship between the sustainability and the languages in the higher education learning are also discussed in multiple studies such as the study [ 24 ] for English language, and [ 25 ] for French language. In other sides, the effects of the virtual games in higher education business are discussed [ 26 ].…”