Speaker
Description
The term ‘sustainability’ has been defined in various ways. In ELT, ‘sustainability’ is coined to encompass “the knowledge, skills and attitudes we need in order to ensure a fairer, brighter future for people and the natural world” (Bilsborough, 2002, p. 4). As educators, we are responsible for guiding our students to acquire the skills necessary for success in their careers and as members of society. Incorporating sustainability into our English lessons can encourage students to actively participate in their English language learning as well as offering them the chance to cultivate sustainable living practices, become responsible citizens, and take an active role in influencing their environments. This workshop aims to provide the participants with key concepts related to ‘sustainability’, including different aspects of the term together with the reasons for integrating it in the English class. More importantly, the workshop will introduce to the participants the Cambridge Sustainability Framework for ELT to help them create suitable activities in their class. The trainer will also share with the participants several sustainability-promoting activities that she collected during her exchange program in the US. Finally, the participants will be provided with practical activities they can use in their class and be invited to take part in one sustainability-enhancing activity. This is an interactive workshop suitable for teachers of all grade levels, where they can interact in hands-on activities and share their experience.
Biography
Luong Quynh Trang (M.TESOL – M.ED, University of Melbourne, Australia) is a lecturer and teacher educator at the Faculty of English Language and Culture, University of Languages and
International Studies, VNU-Hanoi. She has more than 20 years of experience teaching English as a Foreign Language and English Language Teaching Methodology as well as training in-service teachers of all grade levels in Vietnam. She also authors English textbooks for primary and secondary students. As an OPEN alumnus, she has been invited to conduct workshops for teachers in Vietnam and Laos. Her interests include ELT methodology, material development, teacher education and teacher professional development.
