| Environmental education is gaining momentum in many sectors of Taiwan. The English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom may offer a leverage point where new units on environmental issues can be integrated into the existing curriculum. A one-group pretest-posttest design with two types of questionnaires was used to measure students' pro-environmental attitudes and opinions of English class. Teachers were interviewed after the treatment with a semi-structured questionnaire. The treatment was a newly designed curriculum on reducing waste which was taught to four classes of elementary-aged students in grades four to six (N=33) at an English cram school (private after-school business) in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The results showed no significant change in students' pro-environmental attitudes and students showed less interest and engagement with the new lessons. Ways to integrate the new content into the EFL class more effectively and to measure student's performance more accurately are discussed and recommended.;keywords: integrating environmental education, English as a Second/Foreign Language, theme-based learning, Taiwan... |
