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Education in Sustainable Development: Use of a Competence‐Based Approach on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course at a University in Saudi Arabia
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: Received: 2 June 2024 / Approved: 3 June 2024 / Online: 3 June 2024 (09:46:17 CEST)
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Oraif, I. Education in Sustainable Development: Use of a Competence‐Based Approach on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course at a University in Saudi Arabia. Preprints2024, 2024060044. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0044.v1
Oraif, I. Education in Sustainable Development: Use of a Competence‐Based Approach on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course at a University in Saudi Arabia. Preprints 2024, 2024060044. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0044.v1
Oraif, I. Education in Sustainable Development: Use of a Competence‐Based Approach on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course at a University in Saudi Arabia. Preprints2024, 2024060044. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0044.v1
APA Style
Oraif, I. (2024). Education in Sustainable Development: Use of a Competence‐Based Approach on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course at a University in Saudi Arabia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0044.v1
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Oraif, I. 2024 "Education in Sustainable Development: Use of a Competence‐Based Approach on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course at a University in Saudi Arabia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0044.v1
Abstract
Sustainable development and education in sustainable development (ESD) are crucial and interconnected topics under wide discussion today. Young adults need to be educated in how to help bring about change. Thus, the dynamic relationship between school and home is important. In education, use could be made of English language classes, especially since English is a global language that enables access to the sustainability literature and facilitates discussion in global conferences and meetings. Consequently, English as a foreign language (EFL) students could gain confidence from being able to understand and use the terminology of, for example, sustainability. In this paper, the use of competence-based language teaching (CBLT) is proposed as a means of introducing sustainability topics into EFL writing classes at a university in Saudi Arabia. Students’ competence in sustainable development is therefore considered based on their ability to write about suggested sustainable development topics, measured on a scale for five dimensions of ESD proposed by Michelsen and Fischer (2017). The results demonstrate that the students possessed competence in sustainable development and intended to participate in its implementation. Thus, recommendations are made for the stakeholders in the education sector to include sustainable development topics as an initial offering in the curricula of various specialties using the CBLT approach.
Keywords
sustainable development; education for sustainable development; English language; EFL learners; language skills
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Other
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