PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN ROMANIA
PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: Various policy actions emphasize an urgent need to develop a shared vision forequipping teachers and learners with the knowledge and skills to embed sustainability in theirteaching.Research Aim: This research aims to discuss pre-service teachers’ willingness to include in theirteaching of English and French environmental issues with the purpose of developing learners’sustainability awareness. Given the responsibility that educators have towards future genera-tions of learners, a change in attitude and behaviour is needed concerning the environment welive in. As in Romania, the current status of environmental literacy is at an incipient level, thispaper sets out to investigate would-be language teachers’ readiness to assume the role of “agentsof change”.Research Method: The study included 80 participants, and a survey was used as a research in-strument. Data collected were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively through descriptive sta-tistics using Google Forms’ built-in tools, Jamovi 2.6.26, and Voyant Tools for content analysis.Results: The main findings refer to the fact that even if pre-service teachers are willing to ad-dress sustainability in their teaching, their level of preparedness should be improved.Conclusion: The potential for pre-service language teachers to become active agents of sus-tainable development is evident. Still, this potential must be guided by curriculum innovation,professional development, and increased exposure to interdisciplinary resources.

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