Event
HomeWhy do Students Lose their Motivation?
Sunday, January 15th, 2006, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Kiwa Arai
Encouraging and maintaining students' motivation is certainly a difficult task, but so often we see our students lose their willingness to learn. Kiwa Arai's presentation will focus on the findings and implications on losing motivation ("demotivation") of Japanese university students through their negative experiences in language classes. Results from a questionnaire will show what demotivating experiences are most common among Japanese students. In addition, how students react to such demotivating experiences reveals very interesting patterns.
Kiwa Arai teaches English Teaching Methodology I & II and Intermediate English at Sophia University, Tokyo. Her research interests include learner characteristics, particularly student motivation (and demotivation) and learning strategies.
Organization: Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Yokohama JALT)
Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen
Venue: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (Skills & Culture Center) near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi [See yojalt.bravehost.com for details & a map]
Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Upcoming Months
By Location