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Article about normalising environmentalism in ELT

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Article about normalising environmentalism in ELT

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Give your lessons a sustainability twist! - ELT Footprint

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10 ways to integrate the key issue of our time into our day-to-day teaching. Do you know more ways? Let us know!

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Very influential idea behind action within ELT

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EL Gazette article

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'Help us save Myanmar. Stop crime against humanity' and 'We want our leader free', read placards carried by Buddhist monks and nuns in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city. 'We want democracy' is written in huge white letters on the tarmac of a street in Yangon, the country's largest city. And, perhaps most colloquially, and possibly displaying a real understanding of English, 'Ur help can support our Myanmar citizens' was posted on Twitter in response to Indonesia confirming it wouldn't ask the military government to hold new elections.

What's interesting about the language of these protests is that, of Myanmar's 53 million citizens, it's estimated only 5% speak English. And, in a study by Education First, Myanmar came 93rd out of 100 countries for English language ability. Still, English is the language the protesters believe will reach the most people and, crucially, governments around the world.

Speaking to Reuters news agency, student Ko Ko Lwin said, "Writing in English is more effective than writing in Burmese. We want the international community to help us."

Liz has been a journalist for many years. She is currently editor of EL Gazette and has previously edited the magazines Young Performer, StepForward and Accounting Technician; been deputy editor on Right Start magazine; chief sub editor on Country Homes & Interiors; and sub editor on easyJet Traveller, Lonely Planet and Family Traveller magazines, along with a number of others.

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English the language of protest - E L Gazette

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'Help us save Myanmar. Stop crime against humanity' and 'We want our leader free', read placards carried by Buddhist monks and nuns in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city. 'We want democracy' is written in huge white letters on the tarmac of a street in Yangon, the country's largest city.

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Please post ideas here that give lessons a twist; don't suggest whole lesson ideas.

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Please post ideas here that add an environmentalist approach to the classroom, class routines, etc.

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Please post ideas here that push action and activism out to the level of the institution.

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Please post ideas here that encourage action in our students' and co-workers' lives away from the school.

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After reading or listening input, students examine the rationale for the text itself:

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We write the date on the board. We might keep a record of the weather on the noticeboard. How about a CO2 monitor..?

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Cutting out single-use plastics, recycling paper, etc

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Cutting out single-use plastics, recycling paper, etc

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This could be a class project, starting with
1) a survey/ research about sources of single-use plastics in the school, then
2) a report writing stage followed by
3) a meeting with the manager / Director of Studies, a presentation to other classes, etc.

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Can't recommend Owain's course highly enough

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About this course

You will Inspire your students to positively engage with environmental issues and sustainability on their language learning journey after taking this course

After this course, you will Inspire your students to positively engage with environmental issues and sustainability on their language learning journey. You will gain access to valuable course materials, you will thrive in a very interactive and collaborative learning environment. You collaborate on a platform called Slack, have a Zoom link-up and share ideas with an attentive tutor and other participants. You have the chance to plan and submit your own lesson as an assignment and get feedback on it. There is a beautiful certificate of completion given at the end of the course. One of the things people really enjoy about this course is learning from like-minded professionals, forming a learning community and forming a personal learning network of like-minded, environmentally conscious teachers. Typically there will be a number of other teachers who are interested in integrating environmental issues into their language teaching, and they all come with their own ideas and experience, so there are some wonderful opportunities to share expertise and learn from each other. If you are looking for a transformation in your teaching, to be great at bringing in topics of sustainability to your teaching in a way that motivates your learners I am confident this course is for you. You can pre-order this course in advance to guarantee your place. Then just relax and wait until the course starts when you'll receive a notification.

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You will Inspire your students to positively engage with environmental issues and sustainability on their language learning journey after taking this course After this course, you will Inspire your students to positively engage with environmental issues and sustainability on their language learning journey.

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Do a free course with the British Council

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Do a free course with the British Council

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Just out now! A three-module course to help teachers integrate the climate crisis into their lessons.

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Welcome to the Climate Action in Language Education' professional development training series.

There are three modules in this series:

Module 1: Introducing climate change issues into language teaching classes

This module will help you explore climate change issues and different ways you can effectively introduce these issues in language teaching classes in ways your learners will find engaging and motivating. It's aimed at providing you with a general introduction to the topic as well as helping you to recognise and evaluate the reasons why environmental issues can be an integral part of language classes. You will learn the key term climate change terms and concepts relevant to your teaching context, and practical teaching approaches you can use both inside and outside the classroom.

Start date: 28 April 2021

Module 2: Developing and delivering lessons with a sustainability focus

This module will help you develop and deliver lessons that integrate climate change issues into your teaching practice as part of your current curriculum and moving beyond traditional coursebook environment units. It's aimed at providing you with a principled approach to bringing sustainability into any classroom topic as well as helping you to recognise and overcome the barriers that can prevent teachers from doing this. You will learn how to equip learners with the language skills they need to understand, discuss and engage critically with climate change issues, and promote solutions to local and global environmental problems.
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Module 3: Making sustainability part of your learners' lives

This module is focussed on language learning and climate action beyond the classroom. It's aimed at helping you develop projects, through which your students can use climate related language relevant to their context and participate in community action aimed at tackling the environmental crisis. You'll learn how to design, manage and evaluate learner-centred projects which enable your students to act and make a meaningful difference.
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Important: If you have not registered for any of the other courses in the Language for Resilience series, you will need to create a free account to access the module.

About this module

Introducing climate change issues into language teaching classes is a three-hour self-study training module, which is divided into three one-hour units.

By the end of unit 1, you'll be able to explain different ways to introduce environmental issues in your classes, describe the factors that motivate you to include environmental issues in your classes, and identify the benefits integrating environmental issues into your teaching can bring to your learners.

By the end of unit 2, you'll be able to identify key terms and concepts related to climate change and sustainability, explore the differences between global and local environmental issues, and feel confident using research and climate change terms and concepts relevant to your teaching context.

By the end of unit 3, you'll be able to analyse different ways of integrating environmental issues in your classes, evaluate online resources about the environment to use with your learners, and reflect on the benefits of a proactive attitude to tackling climate change through language education.

Start date

28 April 2021

Duration

Available for two weeks between 28 April and 13 May 2021

Cost

This module is available free of charge

Who is this module for?

Language teachers of all levels of experience with an interest in bringing environmental issues and sustainability into their classes

Certificates

For participants who successfully complete all tasks and achieve a score of 70% or above in the online exercises, there will be a downloadable certificate of completion at the end of each module.

Level of English required

CEFR B1 and above

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Climate Action in Language Education: Module 1 - Introducing climate change issues into language teaching classes

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There are three modules in this series: This module will help you explore climate change issues and different ways you can effectively introduce these issues in language teaching classes in ways your learners will find engaging and motivating.

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'Nudge theory' suggests we can influence people gently, through suggestion. If you ride your bike to school, make this clear to your learners, e.g. by leaving your helmet on your desk. Start a conversation about the benefits of cycling. Encourage others to cycle more.

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A "what I've done since the last class" wall display where sts can share and motivate each other

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A "what I've done since the last class" wall display where sts can share and motivate each other

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Same idea as a class wall display, take the same concept into the corridor... it could turn into a school competition.

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One of the units I wrote for books is about upcycling and making art and useful objects out of things we no longer use. Upcycling alongside recycling. And on eof the projects was organising an Art exhibition at school level.

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Have a classroom 'green poster' or 'green journal' where learners can add green actions that they've done (litter-picking, recycling, upcycling, etc.) so that they are visible and can motivate others. (Kath)

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Keep talking about it! Keep the issue alive!

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Always add "environmental impact" to all agendas... literally keep it on the agenda!!!

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There were a variety of sustainability-focused workshops at the English UK conference a couple of weeks back. You can catch up with everthing here:

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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I think it was Colm Downes who suggested putting on your green tinted spectacles when we plan an activity, thinking about what green twist can you bring to the activity.

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Inspired by the classic youtube minidoc series 'the story of stuff', this is a basic activity that can be used in almost every lesson with almost any physical manmade object. E.g a phone - explore the materials it's made of, where they've come from and the processes involved in reverse chronological order.

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Maybe a "rogues gallery" as well?  reporting on any greenwashing, eco crimes etc that students have spotted (raising awareness of problems, creating a feeling of indignation,  is a possible first step towards activism on any social issue - especially with older teens)

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Maybe a "rogues gallery" as well?  reporting on any greenwashing, eco crimes etc that students have spotted (raising awareness of problems, creating a feeling of indignation,  is a possible first step towards activism on any social issue - especially with older teens)

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Take your reusable cup when you go and grab a coffee and leave it proudly on your desk. Be the one who takes paper out of the normal bin and puts it into the recycling bin, or better yet, take it and use the blank side. Some will start to follow your lead!

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Take your reusable cup when you go and grab a coffee and leave it proudly on your desk. Be the one who takes paper out of the normal bin and puts it into the recycling bin, or better yet, take it and use the blank side. Some will start to follow your lead!

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A haiku to link a topic to the environment?

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A haiku to link a topic to the environment?

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Challenge learners to calculate your age based on the CO2 levels when you were born. Supply them with the website: https://www.co2levels.org/ Learners can then find out their PPM birthday rate. Then look at the long-term graph, e.g.  https://climate.nasa.gov/.../graphic-the-relentless-rise.../
"What do you notice about the shape of the graph? What does that mean? What things make levels go up? What about down? What happens if there's too much CO2 in the atmsophere? What can we do to stop this?

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Like this, but more green

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Pin up a quote about the environment and climate crisis in the classroom / on the board/ in your email footer / etc.