Climate Change: Students’ Perspective on Eco-linguistic Elements in Secondary English Textbooks

Abstract

Aim of the Study: This study is to explore the eco-pedagogical and eco-linguistic elements in the English textbooks of the Punjab Text board from class 6^th to class 10^th. Climate change is a growing concern for Pakistan as carbon emission in Pakistan has already raised to 123% and the increase in the development would increase the emission too. Awareness in students regarding such environmental issues can reduce its impact. Moreover, it may also make students more environmentally friendly.

Methodology: To check the awareness of about environment in students, through quantitative method, the opinions of students were taken through questionnaires and the data was run on SPSS to find the results.

Results: The results show that there is less environment related content in the books and it is not enough for develop an understanding of students related to environment and to enhance their language skills.

Conclusion: The study concluded that at secondary level books, very less content presented in Pakistan and this is the reason that most of the students at school level are not aware about climate change in Pakistan.