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.

French Ecopoetry – French Undergraduate Class

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This PPT (in French) is used in week 8 of the module French Poetry: From Romanticism to Slam (BA French, Year 2), a class which focuses on eco-poetry, drawing connections between 19th-century representations of nature and contemporary poetic responses to the climate crisis. This module introduces key movements—romanticism, symbolism, surrealism, Oulipo, eco-poetry, and slam—exploring how […]

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 […]

La haie est morte; vive la haie: making a dead hedge

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A shelter This resource provides details of a practical seminar activity carried out by staff and tutors as part of a University of Stirling-wide interdisciplinary module entitled ‘Wicked Problems and Sustainable Solutions’. The activity requires students to make a dead hedge after they have attended a lecture entitled ‘The literary “Hedgeland”’. In the lecture, literary […]

La pollution aux Antilles

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This lesson explores environmental and health issues related to agricultural pollution in the Caribbean. Students examine the use of chlordecone, a pesticide dumped for decades despite its known health risks. They then learn about creole gardens, a traditional practice revived as an ecofriendly response to the crisis. Cultural elements (music, creole language) are weaved through […]

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