Sustainable Development Goals in EFL Students’ Learning: A Systematic Review
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Sustainable Development Goals, English as Foreign Language learning, PRISMAAbstract
Involving the global issues as listed in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in education is necessarily done in the education process, especially in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning. Exposure to global issues is known to improve students' understanding, awareness, and ability to solve urgent issues faced by global society. This paper aims to find out the trend of research on the coverage of SDGs in students’ learning process. This systematic literature analysis was done by applying Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Method. A total of 28 studies were recognized through a systematic search by using Sustainability, SDGs, and EFL as keywords. The result shows that the trend of associating SDGs with EFL settings was done mostly in Indonesia. In the recent year 2022, reached the highest number of studies in the particular matter with 8 total of research. It was also found that the study involving SDGs on EFL learning was mostly done in the tertiary setting, compared with primary, junior, and senior high school, and other educational institutions. It was also discovered that the specific area of study can improve students' motivation levels, attitude toward learning, environmental consciousness, and cultural sensitivity, as well as students' levels of self-norms, beliefs, and self-value.
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