Integrating a French for Tourism Curriculum Based on SDGs to Enhance Communication Skills of Vocational Students’

• Lina Syawalina

  Indonesia University of Education

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• Mohammad Ali

  Indonesia University of Education

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This study aims to design a French for Tourism curriculum model based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), oriented toward improving students’ speaking and writing proficiency in vocational higher education. The research is motivated by the gap between students’ communication skills and the professional demands of the tourism industry, where French language competence remains below expected standards. The novelty of this study lies in integrating SDGs-driven communicative tasks into vocational French language teaching, a dimension rarely emphasized in previous curriculum models. Employing the Borg and Gall (1983) Research and Development (R&D) model, this study integrates the principles of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth). The curriculum model was developed through stages of needs analysis, design, expert validation, and revision, ensuring its relevance and feasibility for vocational French education.The expected outcome is a validated micro-curriculum framework that enables measurable improvements in students’ communicative performance, particularly in task-based speaking and writing activities related to tourism contexts. It is also expected to enhance learners’ awareness of sustainability and ethical responsibility, thereby supporting the integration of SDG values into vocational foreign language education. This study contributes both conceptually and practically to developing communicative and sustainability-oriented foreign language education relevant to the evolving needs of the tourism industry.

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