Pedagogical Toolbox

One of the aims of this project is to share pedagogical resources for developing ecological awareness in conjunction with linguistic and cultural diversity. We hope that this toolbox will be useful and inspiring for anyone who would like to integrate environmental topics in their language teaching.

This toolbox includes resources across a range of languages, topics, and levels. Depending on what you are looking for, the entries below can be filtered by language and/or type (e.g. lecture notes, seminar activities…). Each entry includes an overall description, the resources, and details about the author.

The resources below are freely available for use in teaching.

We want to keep developing this pedagogical toolbox and are interested in submissions from any language field(s). If you would like to contribute, we’d be delighted to hear from you – please contact us with any ideas or questions at ecomodlang@gmail.com. We are keeping the format of submissions entirely open to what would suit each contribution and do not have a required set length. Submissions could include: description of module/field trip/student project, syllabus, lesson plan, worksheets, reading lists, details of assessment format… This is a non-exhaustive list – we’re very keen to hear about any materials that you have been using and creating in your own teaching practice and that you feel would benefit and inspire others. In addition to teaching materials, submissions could also take the form of a reflective piece in which you discuss your experience of teaching an Environmental ML course or class.

Brittany in Graphic Narrative: Language and Environment in Text and Image

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This lecture and seminar were designed for the MFL Student Mentoring: Post-16 Languages Recovery Project in Wales, UK. The aim was to give post-16 learners a taste of language learning at university, and the resources can be adapted to learners at B1, B2 and C1 levels, or even at beginners’ level, as English translations of […]

Cwricwlwm Ieithoedd Modern Gwyrddach i Gymru / A Greener Modern Languages Curriculum for Wales

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The multilingual ‘natural mural’ created by pupils from Ysgol Clawdd Offa, Prestatyn and Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen, Bethesda with French graphic artist Anne Defreville, as part of the project Cwricwlwm Ieithoedd Modern Gwyrddach i Gymru / A Greener Modern Languages Curriculum for Wales. Environmental awareness, creativity, international language learning. Cwricwlwm Ieithoedd Modern Gwyrddach i Gymru / A […]

Environment, Ecology, and Economies: Conversations about Climate Change in English

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This resource provides materials on Environmental English that have emerged out of a Bachelor’s course on sustainable digitalization. The course combines a detailed language instruction course that is offered to German students who study technical and business-related English. Within this seminar, students will be able to combine a study of environmental topics (either Bachelor’s or […]

Environmental Italy. Power, Beauty, and the Apocalypse

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Italian 4224: Survey of Italian Literature. “Environmental Italy. Power, Beauty, and the Apocalypse” is a BA-level upper-division course in modern and contemporary Italian environmental humanities and literature, transmedia languages on eco-crises, images of the Grand Tour, and pandemic storytelling. It is mainly intended for Italian majors/minors with a strong foundation in grammar and lexical structures, […]

German literature course (C1) on Andreas Wagner’s novel Jahresringe

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This folder contains the syllabus and material used in a German literature class on the contemporary novel Jahresringe (2020) by German author Andreas Wagner. Dealing with themes such as home, migration and climate justice, the novel links highly topical issues that nurture critical thinking and global citizenship education. The syllabus is designed for a class […]

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