Fukuoka JALT:

Understanding and influencing learners' motivational changes

Date: Saturday, March 25th, 2006 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Mark Sawyer, Kwansei Gakuin University and Temple University Japan

Description:
In this presentation, Dr. Sawyer will discuss (1) the relationship between motivation and student behavior; (2) Dornyei and Otto's model of the temporal dimension of motivation; (3) his own data on the fluctuations of Japanese learner's English motivation over 8 years of formal instruction; and (4) what all this suggests we can do to raise and maintain our students' motivation.

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

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen

Venue: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Tenjin Satellite Campus (9F), Tenjin 2-8-38, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi map

Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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