(English as a Second Language) Greening ESL happens when we
integrate environmental and sustainability issues, ideas and
activities into English as a Second Language lessons. Whether
you're working with adult students overseas, teaching youngsters
who are new to your English-speaking country, or something in
between, greening English as a Second Language is easy. Greening
ESL is an approach that "will readily appeal to second language
learners concerned with finding a more relevant, interesting and
socially significant focus for their efforts at second language
acquisition than they may be used to encountering....
Environmental education can prove a rich source of material for
purposeful language learning." — George M. Jacobs, Pramaranee M.
Kumarasamy, Payomrat Nopparat and Susan Amy, in Linking Language
and the Environment: Greening the ESL Classroom Because there
might not be a set curriculum for English as a Second Language,
these classes offer a perfect opportunity to teach environmental
and sustainabilit