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.

Situational Poetry

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This document describes an activity designed to guide students in making connections between poetry and their local environments. This activity is adaptable for use with poetic texts in any modern language and well-suited to the intermediate and advanced literature classroom. The activity can be used multiple times over the course of a term and/or as […]

The animal condition in the French language classroom

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This French language seminar on the animal condition is designed for learners at B2 level. It consists of a translation exercise, general discussion on the topic, and group work. It is designed to develop students’ written and spoken language skills in conjunction with their awareness and understanding of animal rights issues, in fostering their communication, […]

Wörter des Jahres (Umwelt-spezifisch) für Deutschland [Environmental (Non-)Words of the Year]

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Enrich the German language classroom with an authentic practice that is as much linguistic as it is cultural! This project takes as its starting point “(Non-)Words of the Year,” chosen by committees in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. Those words capture the public discourse and tackle terms from politics, pop culture, and–increasingly–the environment. Instructors can […]

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