PIPPIN PUBLISHING

LINKING LANGUAGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: GREENING THE ESL CLASSROOM

ISBN: 0-88751-092-2    View Graphical Site    Go Back

Descript:
For teachers interested in integrating language instruction and environmental education, Linking Language and the Environment offers welcome and timely support with its combination of  the general principles of language instruction and a rich variety of practical classroom activities to illustrate those principles. Its approach will readily appeal to second language learners concerned with finding a more relevant, interesting and socially significant focus for their efforts at second language acquisition than they may be used to encountering.

Language skills provide a vital means towards realizing the new vision for the twenty-first century that many of today's teachers and students share. Linking Language and the Environment, with its abundant use of blackline masters and stimulating and thought-provoking activities, demonstrates how environmental education can prove a rich source of material for purposeful language learning.

Audience: For the enterprising and adventurous teacher impatient to move outside the narrow confines of traditional language instruction and try an original and more adventurous approach.

Paperback  6" x 9"

Table of contents:
 Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Environmental Education and Language Instruction
  Environmental Education and Current Trends in Language
    Education
  Common Questions about Integrating Environmental Education
    into Language Instruction
  Lesson Format
  Ideas to Facilitate Group Discussions

Part II: Environmental Lessons
  Sounds in the Environment
  Green Gifts
  Dialogue Journals
  What's in the Packaging?
  Do an Energy Audit!
  Conduct an Environmental Survey!
  Understanding Diagrams
  Haiku
  Write Persuasive Letters!
  Analyze Data about the Environment
  Experiment with Mind Maps
  Communicate Your Point of View
  Rights and Responsibilities
  Cooperative Controversies
  Learn from Lectures

Additional Reading

Review:

"This is a timely book for language instructors whose classes have expressed an interest in learning about the environment... While intended for high school ESL students, many lessons can be adapted for use with adult language learners with at least a high beginner level of proficiency. The lessons include a lot of pair and group work, while encouraging individual thinking skills."
--  Elaine Parks in TESL Toronto Summer Newsletter

"This book is a first rate resource for any EFL/ESL language teacher wishing to explore environmental issues with her students. It should be on the shelves of every self-respecting teacher resource centre or library." -- Alan Maley in The English Teacher