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JALT Sendai Chapter Information - Events and Programs

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Sendai Shimin Activity Support Center (仙台市市民活動サポートセンター )
4F - Seminar Room 5
Tel: 022-212-3010
(On Hirose Dori, just west of Higashi Nibancho Dori) http://www.sapo-sen.jp/
Map: http://www.sapo-sen.jp/map.php          

 

Speaker: Marc Helgesen (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Dept. of International Cultural Studies)

Abstract:
Bonus Pre-session: Join us to watch the PBS special, "Happiness 101," featuring Tal Ben-Shahar (formerly of Harvard), which introduces some of the key ideas behind "Positive Psychology," which Marc will be expanding on in his session. Feel free to bring a bento and have lunch as we watch.

Regular meeting: Positive, motivated students -- engaged in what they are studying and with each other -- learn more. How do we facilitate that positive attitude in the classroom? This activity-based session looks at ways positive psychology (TIME magazine calls it “the science of happiness”) can be combined with clear language learning goals for active, invested learning. This is more than “positive self-talk”. It is sharing with our students the concrete behaviors that happy people engage in. We’ll look at the set-point of personal affect and the tipping point of positivity.

Bio-data: Marc Helgesen is author of more than 100 professional articles, books and textbooks including the popular English Firsthand series and has led teacher development workshop on 5 continents. He is a professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Sendai and adjunct at Teachers College Columbia University, MA Program, Tokyo. He maintains a website on this topic at <http://ELTandHappiness.terapad.com>.

 
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  Our members from Miyagi/Fukushima/Yamagata represent a wide variety of interests and teaching situations.
  
  JALT Sendai enthusiastically invites you to give a presentation at one of our monthly meetings. The topic can be on any aspect of language teaching. This is a good chance to gain experience presenting to a group and sharing/honing your teaching ideas.
  
  We can arrange anything from very brief 20 minute talks to 3 hour workshops. We can also help with transportation costs and a small honorarium.
  
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