Recycling:

Burden.......or.....Blessing??

There are various opinions, feelings and attitudes toward recycling. Some people do it and some people don't. Why? Who knows!

To begin this affective activity, you could first have students complete a survey to find out about their attitudes and beliefs in relation to recycling. Simply ask 5 to 10 questions on a Likert scale with 0 = no opinion and 5 = strongly agree. For example, you might do the following:

Indicate the extent to which you agree with each statement:

• 0 (no opinion)
• 1 (strongly disagree)
• 2 (disagree)
• 3 (somewhat agree)
• 4 (agree)
• 5 (strongly agree)

Recycling . . . .

___ is the responsiblity of every citizen

___ is worth the time and effort involved

___ should be up to the individual

___ should be enforced by fines

___ makes me feel that I am doing my part to help the environment

And yet, to find out a little bit about this, you could have students brainstorm, in small groups, and come up with a composite list of questions they could use to help them resolve this issue. They would each then take their list and interview two individuals from the community. They would return to class and meet as a group to compile their results and then present these results to the class in the target language.

Once the interviews are complete and presentations have been made, repeat the survey to see if students' attitudes have changed in relation to this topic.