Motivating Learners Through Pain and Pleasure

Speaker: Kevin Knight, Lecturer, Career Education Center, Kanda University of International Studies
Date: Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Venue: Tsukuba Gakuin Universtiy, Tsukuba (formerly Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University
Description: 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!
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 500 yen
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
This URL: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/3752


Contact Ibaraki JALT Chapter:
URL: http://www.kasei.ac.jp/JALT/Ibaraki.html
Kobayashi Kunihiko:
  kunihiko@cc.ibaraki-ct.ac.jp
Martin Pauly:
  pauly@k.tsukuba-tech.ac.jp
  Phone: Home: 0298-58-9523
  Fax: Home: 0298-58-9529





Upcoming Events for Ibaraki JALT Chapter:


Sunday, December 14th, 2008
(1) JALT: History, Relations with Domestic & International Organizations, Challenges, (2) Chapter Member Presentations
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Mito, Ibaraki



Other Past Events (Archive) for Ibaraki JALT Chapter


Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hitachi, Ibaraki


Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Hitachi, Ibaraki


Sunday, February 17th, 2008
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Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Tsukuba, Ibaraki


Sunday, February 17th, 2008
How Did We Get Here? Understanding the Current Situation of Japanese Higher Education by Examining its History
Time: 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Location: Tsukuba, Ibaraki


Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Part 1: Introduction to Translation Studies; Part 2: Reports on JALT2007
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Mito, Ibaraki


Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Global Workforce Development through Business Internship Program
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Tsukuba, Ibaraki


Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Ibaraki JALT Chapter Annual One-day Mini-Conference
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Mito, Ibaraki


Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
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Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hitachi, Ibaraki