An Interactive Environmental Approach to Teaching English as a Second Language

<p>This field project offers lessons related to ecoliteracy and environmental understanding for intermediate to advanced English Language Learners. It contains an ESL Ecoliteracy Student Handbook and an ESL Ecoliteracy Teacher Guide. There are two comprehensive units focused on understanding and acknowledging ecosystems in urban areas and foraging. The lessons formed in these units stem from Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and the pedagogical theories of place based and experiential learning. Each unit has an outdoor activity build into the language learning framework, and the lessons are focused on building communicative, reading, vocabulary and grammar skills within an authentic learning atmosphere. Additionally, there are two detailed recommended units focused on waste management systems and orienteering/outdoor survival skills.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International and Multicultural Education (IME)

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Young, Jennifer L

Contributors dc:contributor

• Luz A. Navarrette García

• Ecoliteracy
• Environmental Education
• Place Based Language Learning
• ESL
• ELD
• Outdoor Education
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/449

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1470