THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PERIODICALS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR DEVELOPING SOME ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Post Gard. Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Girls, Ain Shams University

3 Educational Mass Communication, Faculty of Specific education, Ain Shams University

Abstract

The research aims to prepare Periodicals in English that include the environmental dimension, and to identify their Effectiveness in the development of elements of Environmental Literacy among Secondary school Students in Language schools, Using Creative Writing methods and strategies by allowing students to produce Periodicals themselves and under the supervision of researchers to achieve the objectives of the study, to identify whether there is influence of some demographic factors in the development of some elements of Environmental Literacy.
In the experimental study, the researchers used the following tools: Demographic Questionnaire, Environmental Awareness Scale, and Environmental Literacy Scale, which were applied to a sample of 113 secondary school students divided into an experimental sample 57 males and 56 females at "Lycee Liberty Language School" in Heliopolis Educational Administration, the research reached the Effectiveness of the proposed Periodicals in the development of some elements of Environmental Literacy among students, graver on the level of Environmental Literacy of students.
The researchers recommend to take advantage of the method proposed in this study in the preparation of Periodicals in English, which helps in developing the level of Environmental Literacy for students, and take advantage of the tools used when conducting similar studies in different stages of education, and the dissemination of the results of this study and conducted in cultural and social areas and different educational to detect the different factors that work to develop the level of Environmental Literacy of students.
 
 

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