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.
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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