About the Book:

Title: Readings for Peace Education through Folklore

Writers: Esther Kuntjara & Julia Eka RiniPublisher: Graha Ilmu, Yogyakarta.Year of publication: 2008Pages: 123

Why Peace Education?

Language learning can be a good place for the promotion of good living and peace enhancement.

Peace education will be able to empower the learners to control their own lives.

Learner-centered: each learner can start with his/her own life, build his / her own peace before promoting peace to others.

The Contents

15 units of readings (folklores from several different countries), include vocabulary gloss and exercises.

Each unit starts with a famous quotation to be used as the theme of the unit.

Reading exercises are provided not only for the comprehensive understanding of the reading, but also as a means to start a discussion on peace and peace enhancement.

The Exercises

Vocabulary gloss Taking a closer look Responding to the

Reading Delving more deeply Activity

Vocabulary gloss

Can be used: To help the learners themselves in

understanding the readings. To enrich learners’ vocabulary and

idiomatic expressions. To create different sentences using

the new vocabulary. To learn some cultural context,

which may entails in the words.

Taking a Closer Look

Contains: Comprehension questions Making reasonable

connection in the order of the story using some given statements

Checking whether the given statements are true or false and giving reasons

Responding to the reading

Understanding the story from the learner’s point of view

Choose a classmate to listen and discuss each other’s idea

Delving more deeply

Use a certain statement in the story and connect it to the learner’s own experience or to the life of others.

Activity

Crossword puzzle

Writing

Group dynamics

Discussion / debate

Games