EXPLORATION OF ECOPEDAGOGICAL AND ECOLINGUISTICS ELEMENTS IN SECONDARY LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS FROM TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This study explores the eco-pedagogical and eco-linguistic elements from teacher’s perspective in the English textbooks of the Punjab Text board of class 6th to class 10th. This study aims to find out the discourse related to the environment in secondary-level books of English and to analyze the effects of these elements on the minds of the students from teacher’s point of view. The study is quantitative in nature. The opinions of teachers are taken through interviews. Gaard and Frier’s Eco pedagogical approach has been used to analyze the teachers’ interviews. The result shows that there is less environment-related content in the books which is not enough for developing an understanding of students related to the environment and to enhance their language skills.