1. Spoken English IV Fujian Normal University
The Language of Peace
Spoken English IV
Fujian Normal University

2. Peace Web What does it mean? Where is it found? How do we learn it?
What is the opposite of peace?

3. Mind Mapping: Peace Web

4. Mind Mapping: Peace Web
Meaning
Education
Peace
Where to find it
Opposites

5. Mind Mapping: Peace Web
sharing
Words said to us
friendship
How others treat us
leaders
understanding
unity
modeling
love
cooperation
teachers
reading
harmony
agreement
parents
Meaning
participating
security
Education
justice
calm
Peace
violence
order
quiet
danger
Opposites
war
Where to find it
national
international
injustice
conflict
disharmony
disorder
hate
interpersonal
chaos
anger
marriage
crime
neglect
disagreement
Inner peace
family
misunderstanding

6. Inner Peace
“All is well with you even though everything seems to go dead wrong, if you are square with yourself. Reversely, all is not well with you although everything outwardly may seem to go right, if you are not square with yourself.” -- Mahatma Gandhi

7. Mind Mapping: Peace Web
Opposites
violence
hate
neglect
crime
chaos
disorder
danger
injustice
misunderstanding
disharmony
Where to find it
national
international
interpersonal
family
marriage
inner peace
anger
conflict
war
disagreement
feelings
feelings

8. Mind Mapping: Peace Web
Where to find it
Opposites
conflict
inner peace
feelings
feelings
comfortable relaxed
loved accepted
safe fearless carefree calm grateful joyful
loving confident
hopeful content
satisfied
uncomfortable tense
confused hurt
unsafe fearful
scared discontented
upset angry
hateful misunderstood
hopeless worried
empty

9. Imagine
By: John Lennon

10. Imagine Questions: Answer:
What do you imagine you will do when you graduate?
Where do you imagine you will live in 10 years?
When do you imagine you will go on your next holiday?
Where do you imagine your next trip will be?
Who do you imagine your future husband/wife will be like?
How do you imagine China will improve in the next 25 years?
Answer:
I imagine he/she/I will __future tense verb___

11. Accepting Ourselves
Inner peace = a loss of interest in judging or criticizing oneself
Inner peace = accepting oneself (to know and to be content with our strengths and weaknesses)

12. Birth Order and Character
Get into 4 groups:
First born child
Middle child
Youngest child
Only child
Discuss:
What was it like to be a _____ child?
Advantages? Disadvantages of being a ____child?
Report to class.

13. Birth Order and Character Agree or disagree with the description?

14. Accepting Others
Accepting others = knowing others’ strengths and weaknesses, but believe in their goodness as human beings
“the lion and the lamb (good and evil) are within each person . . .Using kindness and sympathy, may we try to find the lamb within every person we meet.” – George Fox –

15. Accepting Others
Write 1 positive statement about each of your classmates on the paper attached to their back.
Examples
You are ________ (a kind person, intelligent)
You have ______ (a great humour, beautiful hair)
You are good at _______(making others feel relaxed)
I like the way you ______(help others, laugh)
I like to _________ with you (talk, play basketball)
Thank you for _______(being my friend, listening)

16. Homework
Look up the meanings of the following words for conflict resolution:
mediate
revenge
arbitrate
ignore
apologize
“Talk it out”
consult
compromise

17. Mid term Exam Date: April 26, 2013 Value: 30% of final mark
Write a speech about “I am…..” which will be about sentences
Each line should begin with “I am…”
Use the instructor’s speech “I am” as a guide to preparing your assignment
Written part must be submitted
Pronunciation, Fluency, Vocabulary, Grammar, Depth, Length will all be part of the assignment grade.

18. I am…. A daughter and sister who loves and is loved
A wife who was chosen to be loved
A mother that did not choose to be a mother, but loves unconditionally nonetheless
A hospital pharmacist with aspirations to be more than a pill counter
A teacher and mentor to people who want to learn
A student of life
A long distance runner, when I feel like it
An aspiring baker
A so-so musician

19. I am….
Canadian by birth, Chinese by ethnicity and blended into a person who belongs, but doesn’t in both countries
A bridge between people groups that I consider part of my “home”
A Toronto native
Mostly an extrovert, but sometimes needs time alone
An overachiever and a control freak
Afflicted with anxiety
A thrill seeker but less of a free spirit than I was 10 years ago
An attention seeker

20. I am….
Humbled by the wise people that surround me and call me “friend”
A Mennonite in China, a Baptist in Canada and Catholic in the Toronto School system, but overall, I am a follower of Christ
Part of a house community
Most comfortable around other Canadian born Chinese
Proud of my life accomplishments, but wishing I could be more authentically humble
Too talkative and need to be a better listener
Angered by poverty inflicted by the selfish greed of a few