Vol. 4 (2023): Esferas
SDG 4 Quality Education

Evolutionary language learning: USFQ’s English and French programs in the Galapagos Islands

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  • Oliver Carrick,
  • Lorena Mera
Oliver Carrick
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Galápagos, Ecuador
Lorena Mera
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Galápagos, Ecuador
Portada del artículo "Evolutionary language learning: USFQ’s English and French programs in the Galapagos Islands"
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/esferas.v4i.2785

Published 2023-04-06

Keywords

  • ESL,
  • Education,
  • language functions,
  • Galapagos,
  • bespoke course design

How to Cite

Carrick, O., & Mera Bolaños, J. L. (2023). Evolutionary language learning: USFQ’s English and French programs in the Galapagos Islands. Esferas, 4, 30–41. https://doi.org/10.18272/esferas.v4i.2785

Copyright (c) 2023 Oliver Carrick, Jessica Lorena Mera Bolaños

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Abstract

This essay discusses the development of a language learning program for the local community on the island of San Cristóbal in the Galapagos Islands. Second and third language skills are very important to residents of the Galapagos due to the islands’ dependency on the tourism sector. In pursuit of UN Sustainable Development Goal Four, Quality Education, the Department of Foreign Languages has implemented formal English and French as a Foreign Language education programs for children, adolescents and adults on San Cristóbal. USFQ’s Language Department in the Galapagos is small, but has used bespoke course design based around communicative functions to meet the needs of different groups within the local community.      

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