English for Nature and Sustainability
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English for Nature and Sustainability
This course is part of Learn English Now: Intermediate Communication Specialization
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What you'll learn
Discuss nature, climate change, and environmental issues with stronger topic vocabulary.
Explain sustainable practices using linking words, quantifiers, and clearer supporting details.
Respond to readings, videos, and travelpost activities about environmental change and solutions.
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June 2026
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There are 2 modules in this course
Talk about the planet with clearer, more purposeful English. This course begins with nature, where you will build vocabulary for the natural world, climate change, and environmental issues while practicing forms for future plans and predictions. You will read and discuss how human actions affect the environment, then move into sustainability and learn language for pollution, resource management, and practical sustainable practices. As you work with texts, videos, comprehension checks, discussions, and travelpost activities, you will strengthen your ability to organize ideas with linking words and quantifiers and explain solutions in a more connected way. By the end of the course, you will be able to discuss environmental change and sustainability, describe examples from businesses and communities, and present your views more clearly in speech and writing.
Discover the wonders of the natural world and the pressing issues of climate change in this module. You will learn vocabulary related to environmental science, practice expressing future plans and predictions, and engage in critical discussions about the impact of human actions on nature. This module will equip you with the language skills to discuss environmental topics and advocate for sustainability.
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6 videos13 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts4 plugins
6 videosβ’Total 21 minutes
- Nature: Introduction and Tour Video - Videoβ’6 minutes
- Nature: Second Vista - Videoβ’7 minutes
- Nature: First Travelpost - Videoβ’1 minute
- Nature: Third Vistaβ’4 minutes
- Nature: Take Off Videoβ’1 minute
- Nature: Final Travelpostβ’1 minute
13 readingsβ’Total 132 minutes
- Nature: Conversationβ’10 minutes
- Nature: First Vista - Vocabularyβ’15 minutes
- Nature: Second Vista Practice - Grammar Snapshotβ’5 minutes
- Nature: First Travelpost - Scriptβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Travelpost 1β’10 minutes
- Nature: Readingβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Reading Discussionβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Third Vista Practiceβ’15 minutes
- Nature: Second Travelpostβ’7 minutes
- Nature: Second Travelpostβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Take Off Video β’5 minutes
- Nature: Final Travelpostβ’15 minutes
- Nature: Final Travelpostβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Graded Quiz for Natureβ’30 minutes
3 discussion promptsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Nature: First Travelpost - Discussionβ’15 minutes
- Nature: Reading Discussionβ’20 minutes
- Nature: Second Travelpostβ’15 minutes
4 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Nature: First Vista - Flashcardsβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Second Vista Practice - Activityβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Reading Comprehension Checkβ’10 minutes
- Nature: Third Vista Practiceβ’15 minutes
This module focuses on the critical concept of sustainability and its practical applications. You will expand your vocabulary related to sustainable practices, learn to use linking words and quantifiers effectively, and discuss real-world examples of sustainability. This module aims to enhance your ability to articulate ideas about environmental responsibility and efficient resource management.
What's included
6 videos8 readings1 assignment9 plugins
6 videosβ’Total 26 minutes
- Sustainability: Introduction and Tour Videoβ’6 minutes
- Sustainability: Second Vistaβ’9 minutes
- Sustainability: First Travelpostβ’1 minute
- Sustainability: Third Vistaβ’6 minutes
- Sustainability: Take Off Videoβ’1 minute
- Sustainability: Final Travelpostβ’2 minutes
8 readingsβ’Total 90 minutes
- Sustainability: First Vistaβ’15 minutes
- Sustainability: Second Vista Practiceβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: First Travelpostβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Readingβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Third Vista Practiceβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Second Travelpostβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Take Off Videoβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Final Travelpostβ’15 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Graded Quiz for Sustainabilityβ’30 minutes
9 pluginsβ’Total 105 minutes
- Sustainability: Conversationβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: First Vistaβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Second Vista Practiceβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: First Travelpostβ’15 minutes
- Sustainability: Reading Comprehension Checkβ’5 minutes
- Sustainability: Reading Discussionβ’15 minutes
- Sustainability: Third Vista Practiceβ’10 minutes
- Sustainability: Second Travelpostβ’15 minutes
- Sustainability: Final Travelpostβ’15 minutes
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