Motivating Learners Through Pain and Pleasure
Sunday, February 16th, 2003, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Kevin Knight, Educational Director, Kanda Gaigo Career College
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 have been 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 % 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: Mito Kokusai Koryu Center, 6-59 Bizen-machi, Mito City, t: 029-221-1800 (Located behind Bon Belta Isejin Department Store)
Location: Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan