Environmental Literacy and the Teaching of English

How can foreign language education be a spark that ignites environmental awareness and sustainability? This book offers a humanities approach to environmental literacy, highlighting the potential of language, literature, and culture to enrich environmental discussions. It examines foreign language education, exploring related disciplines like environmental humanities and education for sustainable development. Notably, it also investigates ecolinguistics, ecocriticism, and cultural ecology. The book presents a framework for environmental literacy, emphasizing the core of foreign language education and its role in promoting sustainability and critical thinking.

How can foreign language education be the spark that ignites environmental awareness and sustainability? This book offers a humanities approach to this topic, highlighting the potential of language, literature, culture, and media communication to enrich environmental discussions. It examines foreign language education and explores related fields, such as environmental humanities, environmental education, and education for sustainable development. It also investigates ecolinguistics, ecocriticism, and cultural ecology. The book presents a framework for environmental literacy in foreign language teaching, providing a unique perspective on the role of foreign language education in promoting sustainability, environmental awareness, and critical thinking, ultimately nurturing more hopeful paths for a sustainable future.

Interdisziplinärer Ansatz von Fremdsprachendidaktik im Kontext der Environmental Humanities

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Uwe Küchler ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für die Didaktik des Englischen an der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen und Mitglied der Tübingen School of Education (TüSE).

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. (Foreign) Language, Culture, and the Anthropocene 3. The Teaching of English (as a Foreign Language) 4. The Related Disciplines 5. Environmental Literacy in the Foreign Language Classroom 6. Conclusion