Environmental issues listening/speaking vocabulary exercises
26th November 2023
1 Decarbonization – vocabulary and listening/speaking
This is one of the most pressing topics of the 2020s! It’s a little more advanced than other exercises on this page, but it’s very interesting.
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2 Elements of the contemporary environment listening/speaking and vocabulary exercise ( with audio and answers)
The exercise below is for introducing and exploring academic vocabulary for environmental issues in the classroom. First, students listen to the audio and match the items to the pictures. Then they match the vocabulary to the pictures. Then they answer the questions.
Elements of the contemporary environment (PDF)
3 Describing environmental issues listening/vocabulary exercise (with audio and answers)
The exercise below is for discussing and describing environmental issues in the classroom. Students listen to the audio and complete the sentences.
Describing environmental issues (PDF)
(see the video version on YouTube)
4 Environmental issues cause/effect worksheet (with audio and suggested answers)
The listening/speaking exercise below is for discussing environmental issues in the classroom. Students have to try and describe the problem depicted in each picture and suggest causes. effects and possible solutions to each problem. Students can listen to the audio before or after filling in the worksheet, depending on the level of their language skills.
Environmental issues cause/effect worksheet)
5 Environmental issues vocabulary & speaking exercise
Another exercise for environmental issues ….. a teacher may ask students to work in pairs, groups, or as a class. First, students can match the vocabulary to the pictures. Then they can use the conversation cues at the bottom of the worksheet to discuss environmental issues. If they are weak, they should try and write a conversation before they practice with a partner.
Environmental issues vocabulary and speaking activity (PDF)
6 Brainstorming environmental Issues
The exercise below is for exploring the language of environmental issues in the classroom. It is a good way to guage the level of knowledge about environmental issues. This activity works really well as an individual orclass activity. While students work independently the teacher can walk around and choose some of the best ideas and write them on the the brainstorming diagram (which they have already drawn) on the board. This activity should be casual and collaborative.
Brainstorming environmental issues (PDF)
7 Endangered species vocabulary & speaking
The exercise below is for introducing and exploring language for endangered species in the classroom. A teacher may ask students to work in pairs, groups, or as a class. First, students can match the vocabulary to the pictures. Then they can use the conversation cues at the bottom of the worksheet to discuss endangered animals. If they are weak, they should try and write a conversation before they practice with a partner.
Endangered species speaking activity (PDF)
8 Dictation exercise for endangered species
This worksheet introduces English language learners to commonly used language for endangered species. For instructions download and read the PDF.
Endangered species vocabulary activity (PDF)
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9 Natural disasters vocabulary & speaking exercise
The exercise below is for introducing and exploring language for natural disasters in the classroom. A teacher may ask students to work in pairs, groups, or as a class. First, students can identify the natural disasters depicted in the pictures. Then they can use the conversation cues at the bottom of the worksheet to discuss natural disasters. If they are weak, they should try and write a conversation before they practice with a partner. This exercise helps familiarize the students with the vocabulary of natural disasters in English.
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11 “Environmental Island” teaching idea
This is a creative and fun lesson designed to help students learn and use the vocabulary and language of environmental issues. Environmental Island is a model guide and example worksheet for a speaking activity that teaches the vocabulary and language for environmental problems. Read the instructions about this activity on the PDF.
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Magnificent!!!!!
Hello,
I am a new teacher of of a completely new module taught at a school of environment and hygiene for chief inspectors. I am kindly asking you if yo could provide me with a teatcher book and student’s workbook . The level of my students is intermediate.
Regards,
It’s pretty difficult to find good textbooks for English language teaching on the environment.
That’s one of the reasons I create materials and search for materials online.
really good materials. thank you very much.
Fantastic!