2. About the Book: Title: Readings for Peace Education through Folklore Writers: Esther Kuntjara & Julia Eka Rini Publisher: Graha Ilmu, Yogyakarta. Year of publication: 2008 Pages: 123

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The Exercises  Vocabulary gloss  Taking a closer look  Responding to the Reading  Delving more deeply  Activity

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Activity Crossword puzzle Writing Group dynamics Discussion / debate Games