This volume of the Forum’s electronic journal Language and Civil Society offers tasks and activities related to Peace Education through content-based lessons. It is the goal of Peace Education to help students develop peacemaking skills to better cope with conflict in their daily lives and to promote peace in the world today. The ten chapters in this volume focus on topics such as conflict resolution, "non-violent" language, and cross-cultural understanding. Motivated by the excitement of using their English language skills to solve real-world problems, students will be engaged, observant, and active learners.
The primary author for this volume is Dr. Carolyn Duffy.
Dr. Carolyn B. Duffy holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University and is an Associate Professor of ESL and Director of English Language Programs at Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont. She teaches ESL Intensive English students and in the graduate TESL/TEFL program. She also teaches in overseas centers in Greece and Colombia and has given workshops in content based language instruction in Greece, Indonesia, Venezuela, and Colombia. Her professional interests include materials development, curriculum design, second language acquisition, and language assessment. Her publications include the Heinemann TOEFL Preparation Course and Heinemann Practice Tests. She regularly presents at TESOL International and local TESOL affiliate conferences. In 1995 Professor Duffy was co-chair of the TESOL Summer Institute on Peace Education, which led to her interest in incorporating principles of peace education into ESL and EFL instructional materials and to her participation in the English Teaching Forum’s electronic journal Language and Civil Society.
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