Fukuoka JALT:

Motivating the English Language Learner

Date: Saturday, April 16th, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Speaker: Fiona Kanemura

Description:
This presentation will be about motivational strategies EFL instructors can use in the classroom and how to increase EFL learners' confidence in studying English through collaboration amongst English teachers. Research has demonstrated that teacher motivation, cooperative learning, and peer assessment in the EFL classroom can motivate students. Teachers need to give the EFL language learners reasons to excel in English as a foreign language. If students can identify with these reasons, such as recognizing that they will need English to find a job after graduating from university, that it is not impossible to master the English language skill, and it is fun to study, then these reasons will pique their interest in the subject. 

Fiona Kanemura is a trained teacher and has been teaching for the past 16 years. She currently teaches English at Kyushu International University and Shimonoseki City University. In addition, she is currently a doctoral student at Concordia University Chicago. Her areas of interest are curriculum design, motivation, teaching methodologies, and motivation.

The Zoom details will be available on fukuokajalt.org on the day of the event. We will start the Zoom an hour early (5 PM) for an hour of informal discussion and networking.

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

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

Venue: Online: The Zoom link will be posted on the Fukuoka JALT website the day before

Location: Online, Online Events, Online Event

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