Introduction on English

for Environmental Science

Đỗ Lan Phương, M.A
Online class regulations
Turn on your microphone and camera when you
speak.
Turn off your microphone when you listen to others.
Interact well with your teacher and your classmates.
Contribute your ideas to the class discussion.
Finish your task on time.
Warm-up
Work in groups of 5-6 in about 5 minutes.
Each group is given a set of 4 speaking cards.
Guess what environmental issue is shown in each
card.
Make a few sentences about each card and present
them in front of class.
Find the terms for the following pictures

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f g h i j
Answers
a. Greenhouse gases/ carbon emissions
b. deforestation
c. global warming/ climate change
d. acid rain
e. recycling
f. climate change/ global warming
g. carbon footprint
h. 3 R’s
i. dump
j. ecosystem
Topics of interest
Discuss in groups of 5-6
Write down 5 topics of your interest that are related to
environmental science in the following link:
https://padlet.com/phuongdobk/payxmt3ymg34qa34
Put them in the order of importance (No 1 = the most
important)
What are you going to learn?
Week Content Material Skills focus Homework/
Assignment
Introduction to the
1 course
Unit 1: What is 1.1& 1.2, English Listening & 1.3 & 1.4
2 environmental for Environmental Speaking
science? Science (EES)
Unit 2: What do
3 environmental
2.1 & 2.2, EES Reading & Writing 2.3 & 2.4
scientists do?
4 Unit 3: The 3.1 & 3.2, EES Listening & Mini presentation
atmosphere Speaking on the Earth’s
atmosphere
Week Content Material Skills focus Homework/
Assignment
5 Unit 5: Energy 5.1 & 5.2 EES Listening & Mini presentation
resources Speaking on energy issues
6 Unit 5: Energy 5.3 & 5.4, EES Extending skills
resources (cont)
7 Unit 7: Recycling 7.1 & 7.2, EES Reading & Writing 7.3 & 7.4
waste
8 Unit 9: Preserving 9.1 & 9.2 EES Listening & 9.3 & 9.4
biodiversity Speaking
9 Semester Break

10 Unit 10: Pollution 10.1 & 10.2 EES Reading & Writing  

 
11 Unit 10: Pollution 10.3 & 10.4 EES Extending skills
(cont)

 
Week Content Material Skills focus Homework/
Assignment
12 Unit 6: Soil as a 6.1 & 6.2, EES Reading & Writing Submission of outline
resource of presentation on
Environmental issue
(7th June)
13 Unit 8: Ecosystems 8.1 & 8.2 EES Reading & Writing 8.3 & 8.4

 
14 Presentations on
Environmental topics
(21th June)

15 Unit 11: Agriculture 11.1 & 11.2 EES Listening & Speaking 11.3 & 11.4

   
16 Review 1 &
Discussion on final
essay (Environmental
Science)
17 Review 3 &
Discussion on final
essay (Environmental
Science)
18 Submission of
reflective essay (24
Jul 2022)
How are you going to learn?
Discuss in groups how you are going to learn this
subject effectively.
Write down some learning techniques in the following
link:
https://padlet.com/phuongdobk/payxmt3ymg34qa34
Present in front of class.
How will you be assessed?
Group presentations (50% of total mark): Students
work in groups of 3-4 to research an assigned topic and
present findings in two class presentations – one on
Economics and Business, and one on Environmental
Science.
The outline for the presentations must be submitted and
approved by the teachers in Week 12 of the course
respectively.
The presentation on Economics & Environmental Science
topics will take place during Week 14 (19th & 21th June).
How will you be assessed?
 Reflective Essay (50% of the total mark): Work individually to write an assignment of
one issue presented by one group in your class, which you are allocated to.
 The length of the essay is up to 2500 words, and it must cover the following topics:
 Importance/ Role of the issue in the field (500 words)
 Summary of the knowledge a) from your reading and b) reflecting on the content of
the presentation (800 words)
 Key terms related to the topic of the presentation (either learnt from the
presentation or learnt by yourself) – definition/ explanation of the terms +
equivalents in Vietnamese + examples (at least 10 terms) (400 words)
 Strengths & weaknesses of the presentation (500 words)
 One point you would like to challenge the presenters or further
develop/demonstrate the presenters’ view (300 words)
 The reflective essay is due on the last day of Week 18 (24/07/2023).
Learning materials
Core book: Richard Lee Series edited by Terry Phillips. (2009).
English for Environmental Science in Higher Education Studies.
Reference books:
1. William P. Cunningham, Barbara Woodworth Saigo. (1997).
Environmental Science. McGraw-Hill.
2. James H. Otto, Albert Towle. (1985). Modern Biology. Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, Publishers.
3. Jules Pretty, Ted Benton, Andy Ball. (2000-2010).   Handbook of
Environment and Society.  SAGE Publications, Ltd
4. Dustin Mulvaney. (2010). Green Energy- An A to Z Guide. SAGE
Publications, Inc 
5. Paul Robbins. (2007). Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
– five volume set. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Contact
phuong.dolan@hust.edu.vn
SĐT: 0904.900.629