Sustainable Development Goals: Contributions from the Colombian ELT Community Research
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This article reports the results of a documentary review of contributions the Colombian English language teaching (ELT) community has made to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations General Assembly between 2000 and 2023. This document shares the contributions to quality education, gender equality, reduced inequalities, peace, justice, and strong institutions. The contributions are analyzed considering the studies conducted by Colombian researchers and scholars that have shared the results in Colombian indexed journals endorsed by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (Minciencias) with the language community. In that sense, the journals revised are HOW, Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, Íkala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, GIST: Education and Learning Research Journal, and Colombian Applied Linguistics. Likewise, this investigation implies a documentary review framed in qualitative-historical research that traces several topics within the ELT communities during the past 24 years. The findings report specific information regarding the contributions considering the actions generated in and outside Colombian language classrooms as spaces mediated by dialogue and concrete actions, which are intended to improve education, reduce inequalities, and construct peace-based environments to promote stronger institutions and a more equitable society.
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