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<p>Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC) aimed to provide students with opportunities for language practice through task-based learning activities and the use of digital platforms for interaction. Marketing students at the Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal, collaborated with peers from Poland and Turkey, choosing an image on entrepreneurship and posting it on the SGC Facebook page to solicit comments from their own and other groups. This was one of the tasks assigned during the 2nd semester of 2019/20, under the constraints of COVID-19. We analyzed the students’ choices, main difficulties, and motivation to persist in learning and improving their skills to share knowledge with (inter)national peers.</p>
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Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC) aimed to provide students with opportunities for language practice through task-based learning activities and the use of digital platforms for interaction. Marketing students at the Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal, collaborated with peers from Poland and Turkey, choosing an image on entrepreneurship and posting it on the SGC Facebook page to solicit comments from their own and other groups. This was one of the tasks assigned during the 2nd semester of 2019/20, under the constraints of COVID-19. We analyzed the students’ choices, main difficulties, and motivation to persist in learning and improving their skills to share knowledge with (inter)national peers.

Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC): Empowering Students across the World

Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC) aimed to provide students with opportunities for language practice through task-based learning activities and the use of...

Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC): Empowering Students across the World

Published Online: Nov 19, 2021

Page range: 217 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2021-0010

Keywords
project-based language learning, entrepreneurship, English for specific purposes (ESP), COVID-19

© 2021 Susana Amante et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC): Empowering Students across the World

Published Online: Nov 19, 2021

Page range: 217 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2021-0010

Keywordsproject-based language learning, entrepreneurship, English for specific purposes (ESP), COVID-19

© 2021 Susana Amante et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
project-based language learning, entrepreneurship, English for specific purposes (ESP), COVID-19