ENGLISH LANGUAGE II ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: HANDOUT OF LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Facultad de Lenguas

Lugar: Córdoba; Año: 2017 p. 1

978-987-1976-65-2

This handout is intended to be used as supplementary material in the English Language II course at the School of Languages, National University of Córdoba, Argentina. It is organized into four modules which include a variety of reading, writing, listening comprehension, use of English and speaking tasks dealing with the main topics included in one of the units in English Language II syllabus: Environmental Issues. In this third edition of the handout we have incorporated updated audiovisual materials and readings to provide students with more relevant information and language practice 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.