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Teaching English For Reconciliation: Pursuing Peace through Transformed Relationships in Language Learning and Teaching Section Church Jen takes a girlfriend-next-door lookHow can an English class become a transformative space for both teachers and learners? When the teacher intentionally uses strategies and builds skills for peacebuilding and reconciliation, the classroom can be a place where relationships and communication transform people. This text encourages those engaged in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language to first consider why we might strive to teach English for reconciliation, and then