Okayama JALT:

Beyond motivation: Group dynamics, investment and resistance in Japanese EFL students

Date: Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Keiko Sakui (Kobe Shoin Women's University) and Neil Cowie (Okayama University)

Description:
Research on student motivation often assumes that students are either motivated or not motivated. The two presenters critically examine their students' classroom behaviour from alternative perspectives to motivation including group dynamics, investment and resistance. Key patterns of student behaviour, the influence of social and cultural factors in explaining them, and implications for teaching and teacher development are outlined.

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

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

Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F near Omotecho in Okayama City

Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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