COURSE
How can I bring sustainability into my language lessons without adding more work?
Use real-world signals of change to create engaging language activities that build communication skills and explore sustainability.
Discover a practical Futures Thinking approach for bringing sustainability into speaking, listening, reading and writing lessons.
The challenge
You want your students to explore real-world issues, but your priority is still language learning.
As a language teacher, you're always looking for authentic content that gets students talking, thinking, reading and writing. But how do you introduce sustainability without adding another topic to an already crowded curriculum? And how do you make complex global issues accessible to learners with different language levels?
IMAGINE A BETTER WAY
What if the world around us could become your language learning resource?
Imagine using a new community initiative, an innovative solution or a change in everyday behaviour as the starting point for a language lesson.
Your students could describe what they notice, ask questions, discuss different perspectives and explore what might happen next, all while practising the language skills you already teach.
Find Authentic Language Content: Use real-world signals of change as meaningful resources for language learning.
Develop Communication Skills: Turn signals into speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.
Encourage Hopeful Conversations: Help students explore future possibilities without creating anxiety or overwhelm.
IMAGINE A BETTER WAY
What if differentiation
didn't have to take hours?
For years, differentiation has often meant creating multiple versions of the same lesson.
But what if you could keep the same high-quality pedagogy while dramatically reducing the preparation?
Adapt materials in minutes
Stay in control of every decision
Spend more time teaching, not formatting worksheets
IMAGINE A BETTER WAY
What if differentiation
didn't have to take hours?
For years, differentiation has often meant creating multiple versions of the same lesson.
But what if you could keep the same high-quality pedagogy while dramatically reducing the preparation?
Adapt materials in minutes
Stay in control of every decision
Spend more time teaching, not formatting worksheets
What you will experience
One practical approach for turning real-world signals of change into language learning activities.
Put It Into Practice
Turn a Real-World Signal into a Language Learning Activity
Discover how one example of change can become the starting point for meaningful language learning.
During this interactive session, you'll explore real-world signals of change and practise adapting them into activities for your own learners.
You'll consider how a signal can stimulate discussion, provide authentic reading or listening material, inspire writing and encourage students to explore different future possibilities.
What participants said
Who is this for?
For language teachers who want to use authentic, real-world content to develop communication skills and explore sustainability. No prior knowledge of ESD, Climate Change Education or Futures Thinking is required.
Leave with a practical approach for turning real-world signals of change into engaging language activities that develop communication skills, curiosity and hope.
Meet your presenter
Hi, I'm Elaine
Educator, facilitator and Futures Literacy specialist
I help teachers, students and librarians integrate Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Climate Change Education (CCE) into schools, classrooms and communities.
As a UNITAR Certified Trainer of Trainers, I specialise in practical, experiential approaches to Futures Literacy, sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurial education. I have 30 years of experience working across international, multicultural and intergenerational settings, including the UN, government, civil society and international schools.
I am the Founder of Flow In Action and work with educators to make sustainability education practical, hopeful and relevant to learners.
In this session, I'll show you how to use real-world signals of change as authentic resources for language learning. Together, we'll explore how to turn these signals into meaningful speaking, listening, reading and writing activities that help students develop communication skills while exploring sustainability and possible futures.
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Ready to Bring Sustainability into Your Language Lessons?
Find a signal. Build language skills. Spark meaningful conversations.
Join Elaine for a practical, interactive 75-minute session and discover how to use real-world signals of change to create engaging language activities. Explore ways to develop communication skills, introduce sustainability and help learners imagine possible futures.
October 27th
5 PM (CET)
Hybrid learning session
Via Zoom
75 minutes
Practical workbook
CHF 59
InTA Certificate