Global Issues in Teaching English
This page has links to lesson material, audio files and videos for introducing a variety of global issues as themes for language learning.
FREE Sample Unit on Overfishing
Teaching Material for World Water Day March 22
Bringing Global Issues into the Language Classroom
an article by Brian J. English, Ph.D.
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Global Issues: Wealth and Poverty A Language Arts Textbook For English Language Learners 12 content-based units that focus on raising awareness of global issues while developing English language communication skills. A wide variety of exercises provides students with practice in using cause-and-effect logic, categorizing and analyzing information, making inferences, discussing facts, voicing opinions, and more.
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Links to Videos for Book Exercises Introduction Video for Global Issues Vocabulary Unit 1 – What is Climate Change Unit 2 – How do Humans Contribute to Climate Change? Unit 3 – Saving Rainforests Solution to Saving Polar Ice Caps |
Unit 6 – Landmine Awareness: Getting Rid of Landmines Unit 7 – The Global Water Crisis Unit 8 – Zero Poverty: Getting to Zero Unit 10 – What is Succussful Ecotourism? |
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Endangered Animals |
Saving Rainforests Solution to Saving Polar Ice Caps |
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Getting Rid of Landmines |
The Global Water Crisis |
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Plastics in he Ocean | Overfishing | ||
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More Videos on Global Issues |
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A Bird's Eye View of Garbage |
How Plastics Pollution Enters Ocean Food |
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5 minutes VOA ESL Video with Subtitles |
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Child Speaks at Rio Summit |
Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger |
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Severn speaks at Rio Summit in 1992. 8 - 9 min w/CC |
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