Event

Motivating Learners Through Pain and Pleasure

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Speaker: Kevin Knight, Lecturer, Career Education Center, Kanda University of International Studies

One of the key difficulties in motivating Japanese language learners is the paradigm which they may have about language learning. At Kanda Gaigo Career College, a number of unique and effective techniques adapted from the corporate training field and original in creation were used to change this paradigm, resulting in increased learner confidence, motivation, and performance. This presentation will involve the audience in specific activities that have been used to create this paradigm shift.

* I can be fluent? Prove it!
* Which is stronger--pain or pleasure?
* Controlling your fear!
* English is "air"!
* Linking pain to not speaking English
* Linking pleasure to speaking English
* What per cent of English is words?
* "Jan-ken-pon" in action!

Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Ibaraki JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 500 yen

Venue: Tsukuba Gakuin Universtiy, Tsukuba (formerly Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University

Location: Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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