Abstract:
In terms of distance, globalization has managed to transform our
world into an enormous village in less than a 40-year period. Continuous technological and social developments as well have undoubtedly made their contribution to informing people about the unknown
and the unfamiliar. Various signiicant attempts have been constantly
made aiming at crossing borders and cultures in order to maintain
peace among countries in different regions. Numerous organizations
and associations have also made serious efforts to join this challenge. However, there is one thing which, despite not having been
overlooked promises a lot and has yet a lot more to contribute to the
cause of peace, and that is language. If peace as a concept means
knowing, understanding and tolerating others, and the medium which
enables the transmission of knowledge and culture is language, then
we should accept that it is essential to comprehend the strong relationship between peace and language.
The aim of this article is to present a brief overview of concepts like
global education and peace education with a focus on the relationship between these terms and language teaching. Another important
issue this article addresses is how peace and global issues can be
incorporated in various aspects of language teaching with the aim
of raising students’ awareness and commitment to matters of international importance and interest. Since educators and especially
language teachers very often become their students’ most affective
role-models, this article also touches upon the signiicant role of language teachers’ attitudes and viewpoints in teaching and promoting
peace in the classroom and outside it.
