World Englishes Course

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Students watch the first second part of the interview with George Monbiot, author of “Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning”, discusses the Stern Report on climate change. What was the importance of the Stern Report and were its recommendations strong enough? How does politics compromise science in such matters?

Task:
Students watch the video at http://www.iwtnews.com/videoplayer/george_monbiot_pt2
and answers questions posted above based on their understanding of the content.

“The results are in and the reality of global warming is beyond dispute or debate. It’s not just an environmental issue. It affects ours public health and national security. It’s an urgent matter of survival for everyone on the planet — the most urgent threat facing humanity today. It’s going to take action from you and all of us working together.”
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_learnmore.asp

Students join the Virtual March online at http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_takeaction.asp

Download to read the PDF file, Mitigating Global Warming
Those who will be reporting on 4/19, better read this article.

Click here to visit Taiwan's EPA website

Here's another source, from Taipei City Government, click here

Energy star program in Taiwan

Climate change (in Chinese)

Collecting evidence of what the government is doing to stop global warming

Students work in groups and collect information about what their government is doing to stop global warming. Students will research on government plan and policies in curbing global warming.

Research documents (news reports, links to TV reports, government websites) will be published on the class blog to be shared with other participants.

1st video conference, April 19 (Thursday)

2nd VC, May 10, Thursday

3rd VC, June 21, Thursday

For April 19, some of you will be presenting live. You will show the pictures you shared in bubbleshare with the students from Waseda. You will put the same pictures on powerpoint and you will take turns in explaining how that picture provides evidence that Taiwan is contributing to global warming.

The work you did in bubbleshare should serve as a foundation to help you prepare for your live presentations.

Students do a live presentation of the collected evidence that show how people in their country contribute to global warming.

Note: This presentation should only present the current situation of what people do to heighten the global warming dilemma that affects us all.

GOVERNMENT POLICIES, SOLUTIONS OR ACTIONS TO TAKE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE NEXT VIDEO CONFERENCING.

I'll announce in class tomorrow who the presenters will be.

Aiden

Evidence of Taiwan's contribution to global warming
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Gloria's Group, http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/145176
Our group members are: Gloria, Lydia, Sharon, Joe and Tony. (posted 2007/4/3/)