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Monday, September 3, 2018

Coming soon: Self-determination theory—for young learners and the young at heart!


Creating and implementing interactive tasks based on self-determination theory—for young learners and the young at heart!

By David Ockert, Toyo University


David Ockert’s teaching interests are in critical thinking, reading comprehension, and academic writing. He does research on the influence of technology on affective variables (motivation, confidence, anxiety, and willingness to communicate). 

David also enjoys creative lesson planning for communicative purposes, using a task-based language teaching (TBLT) approach via the three pillars of self-determination theory [SDT]: competence (mastery), relatedness, and autonomy. 


For this presentation, David will focus on self-determination theory-based EFL motives interconnected with competence, relatedness, and autonomy. He will show how all three can be incorporated easily into any level of pedagogy, with a focus on the junior high school level in Japan.

[UPDATE, 2018.09.10: This presentation will be a participatory event with very little lecture. David will lead participants through hands-on tasks, with evaluation of each afterwards, to provide a real-world experience of how and why SDT-based lessons work.]


Date & time

Saturday, September 15, 2018; 13:30–16:30

Venue

Seminar room 10, Faculty of Administrative Studies office wing, Prefectural University of Kumamoto (PUK): Please see PIGATE Meeting Locations (https://goo.gl/h5DgbP) for details.

Attendance plans

Hoping or planning to attend? Please let us know by filling out an attendance form: 
If you'd also like to attend an informal networking event afterwards (tentatively 18:30–20:30), please ... add, "Post-function: Yes!" (without quotation marks) along with your email address as Additional info. at the end of the form [2018.09.13: ... ask Paul in person on Saturday whether a seat is still available].
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1 comment:

  1. The networking event is an evening meal on Saturday, Sept. 15th, for David, JALT NanKyu and PIGATE members (including those unable to attend the David's presentation that afternoon), and their guests.

    Please notify Paul as soon as possible (via a personal message) of your wishes to take part in this networking event. He has made a tentative reservation for 10 people.

    Location: Futoppara, 4 Chome-3-9 Kengun, Higashi-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken 862-0911

    Map: https://goo.gl/jMUQYR (Google Maps)

    Price: Food (table d'hôte) and drinks (nomihodai): 4000 JPY per person

    Time: 18:30 to 20:30 (tentative)

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