Session: ELT and Sustainability: What Should I Be Doing? | 英语教学与可持续发展：我应该做什么？
Theme: Professional Development and Teacher Leadership | 专业发展与教师领导力
演讲者简介：
Christopher Graham是英语教学与可持续发展教育领域的顾问及作家，曾为英国文化教育协会、各国教育部及出版机构提供全球性服务。他现任国际英语外语教师协会（IATEFL）主席，并负责董事会与出版委员会工作。他曾两次作为团队成员获得英国文化教育协会ELTon大奖。其专业研究涵盖英语教学与可持续发展的融合、资源有限环境下的教师教育以及培训师培训。近期著作包括：《英语教学中的可持续发展》（合作编者），Balkan University Press，预计2025年第四季度出版；《培训师手册——英语教学专业人员资源集》，Garnet Education，2025年；《适应性英语教学》，Taylor and Francis，2024年；与Bilsborough, K、Barber D和Kral, T合著的《语言教育中的气候行动：低资源课堂活动》，British Council，2022年；《绿色教师的50种方法》，Wayzgoose Press，2022年；以及《21世纪英语教学课堂技能：教师指南》（合作编者），Garnet Education，2020年。
Speaker Bio:
Christopher Graham is an ELT and Sustainability Education consultant and author. He has worked globally for the British Council, ministries of education and publishers. He is President of IATEFL, chairs the Board of Trustees, and the Publications Committee. He has twice been a member of teams winning a British Council ELTon. His professional interests are around ELT and sustainability, teacher education in fragile environments and train-the-trainer. Recent publications include: Sustainability in ELT (contributing co-editor), Balkan University Press, due Q4 2025; Training the Trainer -- A Resource Book for ELT Professionals, Garnet Education, 2025; Adaptable English Language Teaching, Taylor and Francis, 2024; Climate action in language education. Activities for low resource classrooms with Bilsborough, K, Barber D and Kral, T, British Council, 2022; 50 Ways to be a Greener Teacher, Wayzgoose Press, 2022; 21st Century Skills in the ELT Classroom -- A Guide for Teachers (contributing editor), Garnet Education, 2020.
讲座内容：
“可持续发展”一词正日益融入英语教学的日常词汇，这既体现在教学内容上，也反映在教学方法中。本次讲座首先将尝试界定语言学习语境中的“可持续发展”——这本身并非易事——进而探讨英语教学工作者群体应如何履行自身责任：既要帮助学习者参与全球可持续发展议题的讨论，也要在我们的教学实践中践行可持续发展理念。我们将深入探讨机构与课堂层面的各项举措，分析将可持续发展主题融入英语教学及在机构层面推行可持续发展倡议时面临的重大挑战与障碍，并提出相应的解决方案。最后，讲座将向全球英语教学界发出一系列行动倡议，并特别呼吁与会者结合自身具体情境思考如何落实可持续发展理念。
Session Description:
The word 'sustainability' is increasingly becoming part of the day-to-day vocabulary of English language teaching, in terms of both the content we teach, and our approaches to teaching it. This talk will begin by defining sustainability in the language learning context - not in itself an easy task - and move on to consider what we all need to do to ensure that the community of ELT educators meets its responsibilities, both in terms of supporting our learners to interact with the global sustainability debate, and of being sustainable in our work. Institutional and classroom-level initiatives will be explored, and the often quite significant challenges and barriers to the integration of sustainability topics into ELT, and of embedding institutional sustainability initiatives will be unpacked, and some solutions outlined. The session will end with a series of calls to action for the global ELT community, but more specifically for individual audience members to consider, within their individual contexts.