Here’s a typical scene in class. It’s the start of the lesson and you’re feeling excited about the environmental theme you’ve planned to teach. You start by setting some lead-in questions as pairwork. A minute later someone yells: Teacher! Finished! You immediately know it’s going to be a hard hour.
A quick microwriting activity might just create a much more positive and fruitful start to that environmental lesson. When you set some questions, give your students one minute to think about their answers, and another two minutes to write a few sentences on a scrap of paper (or in the chat box). Collect the papers and set them off on the task in pairs. You’ll probably find they have a lot more to say, plus lots of examples of the types of language and ideas they’re coming up with.

Ben Crompton. Tutor on Language Teaching for the Planet

Webinar Sunday 21st March

What are you doing on April 7th?

Why not join tutor Ben Crompton 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 course is one of the best things you could do. The course has so much in it for you:

• Stimulating and useful content delivered through a 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.

• 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:

Try the online mini-course

• 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