Lesson 8. Wetlands for Life
The Lesson 8 “Wetlands for Life” is connected with one of the well-known international conventions on Environment, “The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands,” It’s evident that editors of the textbook wanted students to recognize a serious problem on Wetlands in the world and know what efforts have been put to the problem. Therefore, I searched for other kinds of International Conventions on Environment which will be beneficial for not only English teachers but also sociology educators.
The textbook is English 2 of Jung-Ang publishing company which target students are high school 3rd grades. The reading sources are meant to be a supplement for after reading activity which requires learners to find out the right stand of each convention. Since following reading sources pertain to a specific area, “environment,” they might need more than low-advanced level of reading.
The following five readings about notable international conventions on Environment are arranged in chronological order. Therefore, they will offer extensive readings to English learners as well as common sense on worldwide environmental problems. Also, I hope students feel how serious those issues are around them and change the way of understanding our environment.
