1. Psychology of English Learning for Japanese Senior High School Students Fujieda Nishi High School Kareem Douglas and Mai Saavedra

2. How can I find out what they’re thinking…? What are they thinking? What are they talking about…?

3. Focus of the Conversation. Psychological framework behind our teaching and students’ thinking. How to uncover what the students are thinking and feeling.

4. Task for students. Repeat after me. Imitate me. 1

5. Thoughts and feelings of students 1

6. Who am I? Framework:Major Researchers: Self- Concept, Self- Efficacy, and Self- Esteem A. Bandura, H.W. Marsh, S. Mercer IdentityB. Norton, N. Morita PersonalityJean-Marc Dewaele, Costa-McCrae

7. Task for students. Read the textbook, try to understand the story, and fill in the blanks! 2

8. Thoughts and feelings of students 2

9. How do learners view their language learning? Framework:Major Researchers: MotivationZ. Dornyei, E. Ushioda Implicit theoriesB. Norton, N. Morita Attribution theoryP.S. Hsieh, D. Schunk AffectE. Horwitz, R. Gardner Willingness to Comm.T. Yashima, P.D. MacIntyre

10. Task for students. Present a speech to the class about a given topic! 3

11. Thoughts and feelings of students 3

12. What do learners do to learn a language? Framework:Major Researchers: StrategiesA. Cohen, A. Chamot Learning StylesZ. Dornyei, J. Reid MetacognitionJ. H. Flavell, Z. Dornyei Goal OrientationsL. Woodrow, R. Gardner Self Directed LearningH. Holec, P. Benson Group DynamicsT. Murphey, J. Fallout

13. How do we know what our students are thinking? Research Methods Quantitative Longitudinal Studies Questionnaire QualitativeCase studies Journal Entries Interviews Mixed Methods

14. Journal Entries Benefits Highly personalized, specific responses. Easy for students to reflect on later. Can raise student’s awareness of various constructs.

15. Questionnaire Benefits Generalized data. Easy for students to learn about others. Wide range of questions at once.

16. Questionnaire Example: FLCAS Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale Developed by Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. M., & Cope, J (1986). Adapted by Kareem Douglas

17. Now it’s your turn to create a tool to better understand you students.

18. Self-Efficacy A person’s belief in their own ability to attain specific goals. 4 sources of self-efficacy… ①Mastery Experiences ②Vicarious Experiences ③Verbal Persuasions ④Emotional Indicators

19. How to make an efficacy question 1.Choose a situation. 2.Choose a domain. 3.Choose a task. 4.Think of activities, routines, or practices that can provide efficacy from sources to… 5.Complete the main efficacy question: How confident I am that I can … ?

20. For example… Domain: Adult Educational conference. I am confident that I can say my speech to my partner without looking at the script. I am confident that I can use hand gestures when I say my speech. (1-10) _____

21. Self-Assessment tasks Aid in metacognitive awareness. Aid in pedagogy.