Sustainability and the English Language: Build your EAL/D Skills (FutureLearn)

On this three-week course, you’ll learn how to explain, discuss, and implement sustainable change, using English as your communication tool.
You’ll discover how you can be part of a positive movement in your home, community, or workplace as you learn the vocabulary needed to address sustainability.
Learn how to discuss and improve sustainability practices
You’ll discover how you can apply practical solutions using the English language to help improve sustainability in your area.
You’ll identify any sustainable processes that are already in place before exploring how you can start to drive positive change.
Explore the sustainability goals at the University of Otago
You’ll learn the language needed to explain the 17 goals of sustainability (SDGs) as set out by the UN to help you gain a broader understanding of sustainability on a global scale.
Next, you’ll explore which sustainable goals are being carried out at the University of Otago, a world-leading institute and the first in New Zealand to sign the SDGs.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to communicate sustainability issues and implement change in your professional and personal environments.

What topics will you cover?

• Food and agriculture
• Environment and people
• Energy

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Identify the English language required to explain 17 goals of sustainability
• Classify which sustainable goal(s) relate to the example(s) being carried out at the University of Otago
• Apply practical solutions using English language in order to improve sustainability practices in your area.
• Discuss sustainable practices in your area using English language.