Date: May 2, 2025
Location: Bursa Uludağ University, Prof. Dr. M. Mete Cengiz Convention Centre, Türkiye
Event: Future-Ready FLT: Differentiation and Sustainability in English, German, and French Programs
Workshop Details
As part of the Future-Ready FLT 2025 conference, EcoLingua was represented through the workshop session:
“A Gamified Trial for Eco-Aware Language Teaching: A Window into EcoLingua”
Workshop Presenters:
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Saraç
Asst. Prof. Dr. Serhat Güzel
The session was held during the elective workshops segment of the event, which focused on innovative, differentiated, and sustainable practices in foreign language education.
Focus and Content
The workshop introduced participants to EcoLingua’s approach to integrating gamification principles into eco-critical language teaching.
Key discussion points included:
Application of gameful design elements (rules, goals, feedback structures) to language education,
Strategies for embedding climate change, biodiversity, and sustainability topics into English Language Teaching (ELT),
Use of ecological flipped classroom models to promote learner autonomy and critical thinking,
Alignment of EcoLingua’s educational outputs with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Participants engaged with sample activities and discussed how gamified content could enhance both language competences and global ecological awareness in classroom settings.
Alignment with SDGs
The workshop emphasized the contribution of EcoLingua outputs to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 4: Quality Education,
Goal 13: Climate Action,
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.
By embedding SDG themes into language education, the project fosters the development of globally competent, environmentally conscious learners.
Acknowledgments
We extend our thanks to Bursa Uludağ University and the organizing committee of Future-Ready FLT 2025 for providing a platform to share and disseminate EcoLingua’s ongoing work.
We also thank all workshop participants for their active engagement and valuable discussions.