English Language II. Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice. Unit: Environmental Issues

Impresiones FL de Natalia Rondini

Lugar: Córdoba; Año: 2013 p. 82

978-987-1976-03-4

This is the third in a series of four handouts intended to be used as supplementary material in the English Language II course at the School of Languages, National University of Córdoba, Argentina. This handout is organized into four modules which include a variety of reading, writing, listening comprehension, and speaking tasks dealing with the main topics included in one of the units in English Language II syllabus: Environmental Issues. This second edition of the handout is based on previous versions designed and piloted in the courses we have taught. In addition, we have incorporated some activities based on the film documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" to provide students with up-to-date information on environmental issues. As most present-day language teachers, we view language learning as a holistic, integrated process, and we consider students as active participants in the learning process; therefore, we hope that students will engage in the activities suggested in this handout from a critical, independent and strategic perspective. To this end, we present a variety of learning tasks intended to foster critical thinking, communicative and cooperative language development, and strategic language learning. Explicit reference to learning strategies is made in each module to help students become more successful and autonomous language learners. All in all, this material aims at providing EFL learners with an opportunity to understand not only what they can learn in the language classroom, but also how they can learn the language more effectively and efficiently. We hope that students will be able to profit from the activities presented in the handout as they work to improve their mastery of the English language.