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Webinar Series on Sustainability in Language Education

Join us for a new series of professional learning webinars designed for language educators!

Sustainability in Language Education: Research-Based Curricula and Practices

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Ecolinguistics and Language Education: Promoting Ecological Wellbeing and Sustainability in the Classroom

 

Webinar presented by Robert Poole, Associate Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics at the University of Alabama.

Friday, April 17, 2026, 10:00 am – 11:30am MST (UTC -7)

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Abstract:

This webinar introduces participants to ecolinguistics and its potential for fostering eco-critical language awareness in the language learning classroom. Participants will learn:

  • Core features of the emerging field of ecolinguistics and its potential to contribute to ecological wellbeing and sustainability in the language classroom and beyond
  • The principles of eco-critical language awareness and how these aims can inform pedagogy and practice
  • To design activities that develop eco-critical language awareness amongst learners in the classroom

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Making Complex Content Accessible: Sustainable Development for Beginner Learners

 

A free webinar presented by María Luisa Parra-Velasco (Harvard University) and Jorge Méndez-Seijas (Yale University)

May, 1, 2026, 10:00 am – 11:30am MST (UTC -7)

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Abstract:

In this interactive webinar, participants will learn how to (re)design beginner language courses and tasks in which literacy development progresses alongside rich, meaningful, and compelling content. Grounded in content-based instruction (CBI) and informed by the multiliteracies pedagogical framework, the session positions sustainability as an organizing thread for unit and task planning, thereby connecting novice learners to social, cultural, and environmental questions in Spanish-speaking communities at local, national, and global levels.
 

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Webinar presented by Rick Kern (U) and Vesna Rodic (UC Berkeley)

Friday, May 15, 2026, 9:30 am – 11 am MST (UTC -7)

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Abstract:

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The webinars are free to attend, but participants must register in advance. Participants who attend these events live can request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of continuing education for each webinar they attend. In addition, live attendees will be contacted after each webinar with information about how to apply for a digital badge.

Access our YouTube playlist for recordings from previous professional learning webinars, or visit individual event pages to see recordings and other resources shared by the presenters at those events.