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  • Sports and Environmental responsibility

    In this lesson on Sports and Environmental Responsibility, you will be able to:

    • Identify and use key vocabulary related to environmental responsibility in sports
    •   Analyze environmental impacts by exploring the connection between sports and environmental sustainability.
    •    Evaluate the role of athletes and sports organizations in addressing environmental challenges.

    • Autonomous class session to complete from 13/03 to 19/03

      Lesson access and completion

      • Lesson material release: Every thursday, new lesson content will be made available for you to access.
      • Study period: You have from thursday until wednesday, (next week) to work through the material at your own pace.

      Rocketchat support session

      • Timing: Wednesday, 13:00 - 14:00 (our usual class time)
      • Platform: Rocketchat
      • Purpose: To address any questions you may have about the lesson

      Importance of completing lesson materials

      It is crucial to understand that these asynchronous lessons are the foundation for our live class sessions. To fully understand and actively participate in the live classes, it is necessary to complete these lesson materials beforehand. The content covered in these materials will be directly relevant to our discussions and activities during the live sessions.

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      Class chatroom: lesson related-questions

    • Reading or listening comprehension 

      Duration: 20 minutes

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      Instruction:

      1. Select a video or article that discusses the topic of sports and environmental responsibility.
      2. After choosing a reading or listening resource, please respond to the comprehension-related questions in the forum in the next section.

      Videos

      1.    Sport and the Environment: Life TACKLE’ project Panel 2


      2.    Every Move | Sport England's Environmental Sustainability Strategy


      3.    Sport & Climate Action: Carbon Literacy for Sport 

      Articles

      4.    Sport and the Environment: What is the Connection?

      https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2020/11/sport-environment-connection/

      5.    Athletes see climate change as threatening their sports and their health. Some are speaking up
      https://apnews.com/article/cop29-climate-change-sports-athletes-ec284e8f3be7341ab50324c84dd691d9

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      Reading or listening comprehension questions
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      Écrire des messages de forum : 1

      Instruction: After you have read or listened to your selected resource, please answer the questions related to the topic of that resource.
       Additionally, review your peers' answers to gain insights into other topics and resources they have explored

    • Vocabulary

      Duration: 20 minutes 

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      Vocabulary definition
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      Task duration: 5 minutes

      Instruction: Create a glossary of key terms related to environmental responsibility that you encountered during your work on the video or article comprehension task.
      - Identify important vocabulary words related to environmental responsibility from the resource you studied.
      - Provide clear and concise definitions for each term.
      Each vocabulary word should be included in the glossary only once.
      Example terms to consider:

      • Renewable energy
      • Environmental impacts
      • Environmental advocacy
      • Carbon literacy
      • Climate action
      • Environmental footprint
      • Climate change
      • Economic and social disparities
      • Sustainability

      Note: You are not limited to these examples. Include any relevant terms you found significant in your resource.

       

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      Vocabulary application task: Sports and Environmental responsibility
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      Écrire des messages de forum : 1

      Task duration: 15 minutes

      Instructions: Use vocabulary from your glossary to express your opinions on sports and environmental responsibility in a concise format.

      1. Review your glossary: Quickly revisit the glossary of terms related to environmental responsibility that you created earlier.
      2. Write a short paragraph: In 10-15 sentences, write a paragraph expressing your opinion on how sports organizations can improve their environmental responsibility.
      3. Vocabulary requirement: Use at least 4-6 terms from your glossary. Underline or bold these terms when you use them.
      4. Consider these questions:
        • What are some current environmental impacts of sports?
        • How can athletes or sports organizations advocate for environmental change?
        • What role does renewable energy play in making sports more sustainable?

    • Writing 

      Duration: 20 minutes

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      Reflection: Environmental Responsibility in Sports
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      Instructions: Reflect on your personal actions or your sports club's initiatives related to environmental responsibility.
      Take a moment to consider your experiences as an athlete and your club's practices.
      Write a brief reflective piece addressing the following points:

      a) Personal actions:
      What environmentally responsible actions do you currently take as an athlete?
      Are there areas where you could improve your environmental impact?
      b) Club initiatives:
      What environmental initiatives does your sports club or team currently have in place?
      If there are none, what suggestions would you make to implement some?
      c) Challenges and opportunities:
      What challenges do you or your club face in becoming more environmentally responsible?
      What opportunities do you see for positive change?
      d) Future goals:
      Set one personal goal and one club-level goal for improving environmental responsibility in your sport.


      Try to incorporate at least 3-4 terms from your earlier environmental responsibility glossary.

    • Live class session on March 26 th

      Class starts at 13:00, but please try to log in to BBB by 12:55. 

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      Live class session

      Click on the provided link to access the live class session, or navigate to the link available in the "Class Program Introduction" section.

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      Lesson practice materials

      You will find the live class lesson practice materials on Padlet. 

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      Fill-in-the blank_Answers

      You find in this document,  the answers to the fill-in-the-blank activity. 

      This vocabulary activity is part of the lesson.