LINK: https://zoom.us/j/2229292406
MEETING ID: 222 929 2406
After almost a century of wandering in the dark, neuroscience is finally shining a light on how the brain learns language. Every month is bringing new discoveries and many are utterly unexpected. To name just a few, we have now discovered: a) how in just a few thousand years we could grow a brain that can read; b) why that boy who “doesn’t get it” might be the smartest; how emotion is at the root of Everything (capital intended); and how a relatively new theory, Predictive Processing, is giving us a completely different picture of how the brain works. Language and learning are two key processes of the brain, so every language teacher needs to know how these work in order to be an effective teacher. Avoiding complicated jargon, we will examine key concepts in the neuroscience of language learning and try to connect them to good teaching practices.
This event will have games, quizzes, discussion, tasks, or other surprises, so folks will have to participate actively.
CURTIS KELLY (E.D.D.) founded the JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIG and is currently the producer of the MindBrainEd Think Tanks, a magazine connecting brain sciences to language teaching. He is a Professor of English at Kansai University in Japan. He has written over 30 books, including the Cambridge Writing from Withinseries, and given over 400 presentations. His life mission is “to relieve the suffering of the classroom.”
