Studying the Concept of Love in Language Education:

Studying the Concept of Love in Language Education:

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Love is a universal emotion and phenomenon.Despite its importance, this concept has not Hawaiian Shirt been the focus of studies in language education, with a few exceptions.This reticence and uneasiness in researching love in academia and in education is considered to be related to misconceptions about love that equate it only to intimate relationships and family matters (PATIENCE, 2008), as well as exclusively to romantic love (VINCENT, 2010).In this paper, I review some international studies that have focused on the concept of love in education from a critical perspective.In order to do that, I first review the crisis we are living today, which makes it ever more important to talk about love.

Next, I discuss six studies which investigated the concept of love within the critical approach (in the North American context).I Face Massage Tool conclude suggesting reflections and implications for practice and summarizing the main elements of a critical revolutionary love approach to language teacher education and language learning and teaching.