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Also in this week's newsletter: 

ELTsustainable website relaunched
Ben leads the next online course ‘Language Teaching for the Planet’

Free mini-course available

Did you join Milica, Ben and I last Sunday or were you not able to attend? Either way why not watch the recording of the webinar? There's plenty for you to watch, and if I had to choose some highlights from the session they would be:

  • Milica describing how to do 'geo-inquiry' with young learners (36 minutes into the video).
  • Ben stressing the importance of keeping the learner in mind and his excellent 'Find someone who...' activity that he uses to do this (48 minutes into the video).
  • The countdown to launcheltsustainable.org near the end.
I hope you get to watch it all, whether straight through or dipping in and out. What's your favourite bit? Please share it with the rest of us as a comment!
 
Watch the Recording

ELTsustainable relaunched

Have you used any lesson activities from ELTsustainable yet? Many of them have been lovingly restored and improved, after all a number of them were almost 10 years old. Please share your experience of using any of them, I'm always so glad to hear the stories of what they get up to in classrooms around the world!

Learn with Ben on April 7th!

You've watched Ben talking about how he keeps the focus on the learners as he 'greens' his lesson. Why not join him and a group of wonderful environmentally conscious language teachers on the flagship ELTsustainable course Language Teaching for the Planet? If you want to take your knowledge and skills in adding a green twist to your teaching to a new level, then this two-week, highly interactive course is a great next step. The course contains:

  • Stimulating and useful content delivered through the state of the art Thinkific learning platform
  • Interaction and collaboration with the tutors and the other participants who are like-minded English teaching professionals from a wide variety of contexts both as forum discussion on Slack and video link-up on Zoom
  • An assignment in which you showcase your learning and get feedback from the tutors and other participants
  • A beautiful certificate of attendance upon course completion
 

ELTsustainable and IATEFL Global Issues Special Interest Group have teamed up to offer scholarships for teachers in Africa who are members of Africa ELTA places on this course. This brings a wonderful diversity of perspectives and teaching backgrounds to this course which is something participants really value.

 
On this course you can benefit from:
  • Knowledge of environmental issues coming from many years of experience  first as an environmental activist and  experience creating lessons on the theme for https;//eltsustainable.org on environmental issues and presenting at conferences such as IATEFL on integrating sustainability matters into the language classroom
  • A love of online learning supported by experience creating and delivering online courses.
  • years of teaching and teacher development experience.
  • Collaboration with like-minded professionals utilising Zoom and Slack to create an amazing, transcontinental learning community for two marvelous weeks and beyond.

    Here's what previous participants have said:
     

"A refreshing way to consider how climate change could be part of everyday teaching. A must for any educator!"
Sylvia Goetze
Language Teacher and Teacher Trainer

"I'd really like to endorse this course. It was excellent. We were encouraged to share our ideas and discuss solutions in a non-threatening and positive environment. The group was excellent and full of inspiring participants. And Owain's manner and form of delivery were constantly supportive, encouraging, and positive. Go for it!"
Kate Cory-Wright
International Teacher Trainer and Materials Writer

Visit here to read glowing testimonials from course participants!

Find out all about this course:

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Try the online mini-course

Why not take the free mini-course? You can start this course any time you like and it takes about an hour to complete. In that time you will get an insight into ways to integrate environmental issues into your language teaching and you’ll be encouraged to reflect on what you are already doing.
 
This self-study course includes:
 
  • Stimulating video lessons that make a case for addressing issues such as the climate emergency in our teaching, the principles of how to do this and an appraisal of a lesson plan that already does this.
  • Questions to encourage you to reflect on your practice
  • The opportunity to leave comments and read the comments of others
 
All this within a flexible delivery model means a learning-packed hour fits within your schedule no matter how busy you are.
 
Sign up now below:
 
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That's all from me. Thank you for reading, have a great day, and hope to be in touch soon!
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