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The Climate ConnectionA ten-part podcast from the British Council Author: British Council
The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. Across the ten episodes, well hear from a wide range of leading practitioners working in the sector teachers, trainers, researchers, publishers and authors. Well travel from Colombia to China, Moldova to Mali, and Palestine to Poland in our quest to share whats happening at the cutting edge of climate action in language education. In partnership with the Oxford English Dictionary, well also learn more about the origins of climate-related language, in both English and other languages. Visit https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/podcast for more information and additional content. Language: en Genres: Education, Language Learning, Nature, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 10
Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
In our final episode, we draw together some of the main themes of this series and explore how language learning and the climate crisis should not be looked at in isolation, but rather how they are related to wider social justice issues. Renowned language expert Suzanne Romaine discusses some of her recent research into language and sustainable development, and the links between the climate crisis and language death. In our second interview, we hear from Mike Solly about how the British Council’s practices and values are developing with regards to the climate crisis, and from Mariana Roccia who focuses on topics as diverse as ecotourism, ecowriting and ecolinguistics. Our final From the Field is a ‘vox pop special’, where we find out more from our listeners all around the world about language teacher initiatives to fight the climate crisis. Our last Green Glossary looks at two more words which we haven’t had the opportunity to look at elsewhere in the series, namely ‘greenwash’ and ‘morbique’.Download the show notes, transcript and bonus material from our TeachingEnglish website
