Redefining Language Education:
SDGs and Innovative Teaching Strategies
Welcome to RELANZA
Educational transformation through a global lens and digital innovation
RELANZA is a pioneering international project aiming to transform the teaching of foreign and second languages through an innovative pedagogical approach aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 4: Quality Education.
With a fully updated focus, RELANZA brings together educational research, digital technology and social engagement to offer practical, accessible, and globally relevant resources.
Technological innovation: a bilingual podcast powered by AI
A distinctive feature of RELANZA is the integration of artificial intelligence for automatic dubbing of each podcast episode, enabling full availability in both Spanish and English. This ensures linguistic inclusion, greater accessibility, and a broader global reach. This technological focus highlights the project’s cutting-edge character and its capacity to respond to the challenges of 21st-century education.
What makes RELANZA unique?
A bilingual podcast with all the episodes available in Spanish and English, consisting of 6 interview-style episodes featuring experts in language teaching, adult education, and education policies related to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
A practical guide with classroom-ready teaching proposals, accompanying each podcast episode, with ready-to-use teaching proposals.
Interactive online materials via Genially, prompting reflection on the podcast’s content and its use in diverse educational settings
With an inclusive, sustainable, and international focus, RELANZA connects language education with today’s global challenges, promoting more equitable, accessible and transformative education.
International Collaboration and Academic Support
RELANZA project is funded by the Vicerrectorado de Transferencia (Vice-Rectorate for Knowledge Transfer) at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR, Spain) [Ref. H25-005-I], involving members from the PRODIGI research group (Personal and Professional Development through Digital Genres) at UNIR, and the Language Curriculum Special Interest Group (SIG) of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), and with researchers from four universities:
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (Spain)
Universitat Jaume I (Spain)
The university of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
The project is supported by three internationally renowned institutions in the field of language education, whose track records and commitment enhance RELANZA’s global impact and reach:
Instituto Cervantes
British Council
Federación Argentina de Asociaciones de Profesores de Inglés (FAAPI)
The project has been approved by the ethics committee of the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (reference number: PI 140/2024).
