ENGLISH LANGUAGE IV

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - SECOND SEMESTER 2021

UNIT 3: ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Prof. Natalia Dalla Costa and Prof. Victoria Sánchez
The following is a tentative schedule of activities. Adjustments will be made
as necessary. Each session may be covered in one or two classes. Language
practice, reading and writing activities should be done for homework.
SESSIONS TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES
AUG-OCT

Introduction
Introduction to the second term: Overview of unit 3
August 2nd-4th
Guidelines for oral presentations, debates and discussions
Feedback on term test
Introduction to argumentative essay writing

A Introduction: Overview of the unit

SESSION 1 VIDEOS:
August 9th-11th Ethics and Morality as Scientific, 1 of 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brioyFVHrbA

Dr. Stephan Harding - Part 1 / 10 - Gaia Theory & Deep Ecology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=523bXlK5t34

DISCUSSION:

 DEFINITION OF ETHICS. THE ROLE OF ETHICS IN

TODAY’S WORLD: Ethics and Aristotle's Ethics. Environmental
Ethics.

B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English:

Relatives. Error Detection and Correction: Passage 1

C  WRITING: Online Project and Guidelines for

Argumentative Essay Writing (pages 4, 59-87 from Writing an
Argumentative Essay from Multiple Sources)

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 D  SPEAKING: Guidelines for debates and discussions:
Developing Academic Speaking Skills and Strategies - Parts II
and III, Debates and Discussions, pp. 18-30.

A VIDEOS:
SESSION 2 Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
August 18th-23rd
http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html

Road to Copenhagen: What's Happening Now? Climate Treaty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geERldKcCf0&NR=1Kyoto
The inside story of the Paris climate agreement | Christiana The
inside story of the Paris climate agreement | Christiana Figueres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIA_1xQc7x8
DISCUSSION:

 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS

AND NATURE: Historical overview of the modern environmental
movement. Environmental perspectives. Kyoto Protocol to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English: Nouns.

Error Detection and Correction: Passage 2

C  WRITING: Activities aimed at building the social context (pages 5-

6 from Writing an Argumentative Essay from Multiple Sources)

A VIDEOS:
SESSION 3 Gregory Stock: To upgrade is human
August 25th-30th
http://www.ted.com/talks/gregory_stock_to_upgrade_is_human.html

Human cloning: why is there a fuss? (Lee Silver)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfMSU3uK38A

DISCUSSION:

 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND THE

ENVIRONMENT. RISKS AND DEBATES: The Biotech Century.
Redesigning the World: Ethical questions about genetic
engineering. What do scientists say about the dangers of genetic
engineering? The Threshold Challenge of the New Human
Genetic Technologies.

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 B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English: Articles.
Error Detection and Correction: Passage 3

C  WRITING: Activities aimed at modelling (pages 7-

23 from Writing an Argumentative Essay from Multiple Sources)

A VIDEO:
SESSION 4 The Story of Stuff
September https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM

1st-6th DISCUSSION:

 GLOBAL WARMING: Global warming – Planet – Biodiversity:

How Much Nature is Enough? – Climate Foresight – Stuff –
Questioning Consumption – Consuming Responsibly – Cars and
Fuel – Bright Green Consumerism.

B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English:

Causative form. Error Detection and Correction: Passage 4

C  WRITING: Activities aimed at joint construction (pages 24-26

from The Argumentative Essay from Multiple Sources). Activities
aimed at independent construction (page 27 from Writing an
Argumentative Essay from Multiple Sources).
 Essay writing assignment/Mock Test

A VIDEOS:
SESSION 5 Documentaries: The Great Global Warming Swindle vs. An
Inconvenient Truth
September
8th-13th DISCUSSION:

 GLOBAL WARMING: Building a Green Home – Energy

– Using Energy Efficiently – Green Power – Conserving Water –
Thinking Differently About Water.

B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English:

Clauses. Error Detection and Correction: Passage 5

C  WRITING: Activities aimed at linking related texts (pages 28-29

from Writing an Argumentative Essay from Multiple Sources)

 Essay writing assignment/Mock Test deadline

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 SESSION 6 VIDEOS:
September How a Brazilian City has Revolutionized Urban Planning
15th-27th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRD3l3rlMpo

Documentary: HOME
DISCUSSION:

 IMAGINING THE FUTURE: Special report: Living with climate

change.

B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English:

Inversion. Error Detection and Correction: Passage 6

C  WRITING: PART B: Reading to write from source texts

(pages 30-42 from Writing an Argumentative Essay from Multiple
Sources)
 Progress test

A  Revision of Unit 3
SESSION 7 B  USE OF ENGLISH: CPE Use of English:
September 29th- Conjunctions/Punctuation. Error Detection and Correction:
October 4th Passage 7

C  WRITING: PART B: Reading to write from

source texts (pages 43-58 from Writing an Argumentative Essay
from Multiple Sources)
 Feedback on essay writing assignment/Mock Test
 Feedback on Progress Test

SESSION 8
October
General debate to round off units 3 and 4
6th-13th-18th

October 20th TERM TEST

October 27th TERM TEST RESULTS
November 3rd MAKE-UP TEST