We have lift off

We have lift off 

Today we launched our first lesson for Renewable English. A supplementary English course aimed at raising climae change awareness. 

The Lesson

In every 30 minutes (approx) lesson we are going to tackle a traditional course book unit and see what we can do to help the planet, in relation to said unit. Lesson 1 and 2 are taken from the Home unit we traditionally see in books. In the first of these lessons we aim to raise awareness about electricity consumption at home. The second aims to reduce water waste.  Each lesson will provide audio visual materials for learners and educators. 

The Course

The course comprises of 12 seperate lessons. Each with it's own focus. Such as fashion, the weekely shop and travel. Each of these 30 minute lessons will provide insight into what we can do to make a change. While it's obvious we need an awful lot of help from government and huge multinationals, our small steps can turn into great strides if everyone is on board. 

Social Media

We can be found across various social media platforms.

https://youtu.be/9J-0holGXrA

Facebook group

Instagram: @renewableenglish

Twitter: @renewablenglish

email: renewableenglish@gmail.com

Coming Very Soon

 

And so it Begins

A few months back I was a week away from posting my short course aimed at climate change awareness and sustainability. 

Alas, things like paid work got in the way and my passion project I've been cooking up for quite a while had to take a back seat. I'm now fully prepped and ready to go. Before the Christmas holiday you'll your first class posted and ready to recycle. 

The Course

This course has been designed for teens, however, the message is universal and can easily be used with adult groups too. Each section has a focus on traditional units in textbooks. These classes will provide you with a CLIL based lesson (or in some cases two) which relate directly to the subject matter of the course book. For example most textbooks contain something about The Home. The first unit will have 2 lessons on that subject. Electricity Consumption and Water Waste.

If you feel your current text books could do with some supplementarty Climate Change content, then this course will be perfect for you. 

The Classes

Every lesson will have its own worksheet, that can be viewed online. Let's not waste paper when we don't need to. They're going to be posted in a format which can be used by both teachers and students.

 

With each skill tested throughout the course,with various reading and vocab tasks added to the interviews and videos provided. The classes will last an hour with a planet promise and practical project to close.  

At first it will be a twice monthly course but I am hoping to go live with each lesson in webinar format by unit 3. 

All materials will be available from the description page on youtube.

Unit 1 The Home, Lesson 1 Electricity Cosumption

In the first class we look at what we can do at home to reduce the impact made by the production of electricity. One key aim in this section is to redirect the focus of why we save energy at home from that of a financial one to a more conciencious view. 

We look closely at our Carbon Footprint, how we get electricity and we tackle some mind blowing numbers when looking at our carbon emissions.