ELT&the Science of Happiness tesol2011
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Thanks to all of you who came to my TESOL session. You can get handouts and lots of downloads of Positive Psychology activities for teaching ESL/EFL at: http://ELTandHappiness.terapad.com Feel free to use any of this stuff (the PowerPoint or the downloads) with your students.
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- 1. S ELT & the science of Marc Helgesen [email_address] TESOL, March 2011 Please take a Handout & a cookie. Don’t eat it yet. (the cookie)
- 2. S Positive psychology in the language classroom ELT & the science of
- 4. http://www.centreforconfidence .co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTImdGlkPTAmaWQ9NA == http://www.theage.com.au/ Don’t worry, be happy. May 8, 2006 Happy students Learn more Work longer More enthusiasm
- 8. Set point 50%
- 11. Set point 50%
- 12. Set point 50% Circumstances 10%
- 16. Set point 50% Circumstances 10% Intentional Activity 40% Other stuff you do
- 19. S What is Positive Psychology ?
- 20. S Traditional psychology Mental illness
- 21. S Positive psychology Mental illness Mental health I think your going to be very happy here.
- 23. Any teaching includes educational psychology Why part of ELT?
- 24. http://www.centreforconfidence .co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTImdGlkPTAmaWQ9NA == http://www.theage.com.au/ Don’t worry, be happy. May 8, 2006 Happy students Learn more Work longer More enthusiasm
- 29. Why part of ELT? The more tools we have, the better our work. Set of tools
- 35. Positive psychology is about finding out what happy, mentally healthy people do.
- 36. How to we get the information to our students? Scientists know.
- 37. Dictation If you use dictation , does that make you a dictator?
- 41. Say, “ thank you.”
- 42. Do kind things
- 43. Friends & family
- 44. Forgive Forgive
- 45. Stay healthy
- 47. Deal with problems
- 53. Cartoon courtesy Tim Murphey, Language Hungry, Helbling Languages Publishing. Used by permission of author. Shadowing Shadowing
- 62. Do kind things
- 68. Compliments You’ve got a beautiful smile. That’s a really nice scarf. You’re really nice. Cool jacket! You’re always on time. You’re so smart. You are really creative.
- 70. Compliments You’ve got a beautiful smile. That’s a really nice scarf. You’re really nice. Cool jacket! You’re always on time. You’re so smart. You are really creative.
- 74. Random acts of kindness
- 76. Random acts of kindness
- 77. Random acts of kindness @
- 79. Say, “ thank you.”
- 82. Gratitude letter I want to thank you…
- 83. Mom or dad A special teacher A coach A special friend Who would you write to? Why?
- 88. Friends & family
- 89. My family
- 93. Forgive Forgive
- 94. Not to forgive is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. - Nelson Mandela
- 100. Forgive Heavy, isn’t it? You have the power to put it down. Metaphor can teach things we just can’t teach directly.
- 101. Forgive - the science Studies of university students thinking about “hurtful memories” found those who forgive others have: - less stress - healthier body functions (heart rate, blood pressure, EMG (electromyogram -- tests nerve/muscle function) ) Forgiving others also seems connected to less: • anger • depression • negative thoughts • alcohol/drug abuse https://www.amsa.org/healingthehealer/forgiveness.cfm American Medical Association Student Association
- 103. Stay healthy
- 104. Eat right. Exercise regularly. Die anyway. - Author unknown & probably dead.
- 106. Smiling – some science • makes us attractive • changes our mood • is contagious • reduces stress • boosts immune system • lowers blood pressure
- 107. Smiling – some science • releases endorphins & serotonin • makes you look younger • makes you seem successful • helps you stay positive http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongbeauty/tp/smiling.htm
- 111. Notice good things
- 112. Notice good things when they happen.
- 113. The basketball game Watch the video. How many passes does the team in WHITE make?
- 114. If videos doesn’t work in SlideShare, try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4
- 115. Take the time to smell the roses
- 120. simplify
- 123. Human robots
- 124. Ideas?
- 125. Deal with problems
- 126. Bad things happen to everyone Find ways to deal with problems/ stress / sadness
- 131. -The Buddha What we think, we become.
- 133. Sonja Lyubomirsky, UC Riverside To be happy
- 134. Happiness Haiku Our feelings reflect the things we do every day. Choose to be happy. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Happiness haiku
- 135. S ELT & the science of Q & maybe A
- 136. S 2 reactions: Great! Great, but…
- 139. S ELT & the science of Q & maybe A
- 142. Random acts of kindness Which will you do today? Whi ch do you promise yourself you will do?
- 144. Laughter and smiles - the science • We reflect faces, smiles or frowns. Gunther Sicki, 2004 Lundqvist and Dimberg 2005 p. 135 • One minute of heavy laughter = same health benefits of 1 hour workout • In a study of heart attack victims, 43 % of the control group had another heart attack within one year. Only 8.3 % of experimental group did. Lee Berk, 1996 The intervention: 30 min. of humor video/day.
- 146. Laughter yoga
- 148. Fake it ‘ til you make it eye contact clap
- 149. Ho. Ho. Ha! Ha! Ha !
- 151. Laughter practice
- 154. Thanks to the organizers for for inviting me and to Longman/Pearson Education for making my participation possible. This presentation © 2010 by Marc Helgesen. Textbook art from English Firsthand and Longman Logo © Pearson Education - Longman. Used with permission. Spot art © Clipart.com. Used with permission. Domino’s pizza ad available at youtube.com. Search: Dominos pizza garlic And thanks to you for coming.
- 155. simplify
Notas do Editor
- Excited, delighted. Who are you? Postive psychology
- Excited, delighted. Who are you? 1 st part: What is Positive psychology 2 nd part: How connect that to ELT – also language and cross cultural connections. You may think: Wait. Have to teach speaking, listening, reading, and writing? Now I’m responsible for happiness. Not really. It can be a tool. But any teaching… (next slide)
- Share some insight from positive psychology and can inform our teaching. Start: how does happiness work?
- Learn more Work longer at problem solving Approach tasks with more enthusiasm. http://www.centreforconfidence .co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTImdGlkPTAmaWQ9NA == http://www.theage.com.au/ Don’t worry, be happy. May 8, 2006
- Aka: subjective well being
- Eat it -- Enjoy it. But it’s what it is. If you like chocolate, you like it a lot. If you don’t. whatever.
- Lubomyrsky -- like some people can eat and eat and eat diet-- never gain weight. Rest of us, walk near Mr. Donuts – (blimp) Genetic: Twins studies (esp. separated at birth. Goes up and down, but returns to Set Point Dan Gilbert (Harvard) Win the lottery – happy – 2 years. Have an accident. Quadrapelegic. Unhappy, 2 yers
- Lubomyrsky -- like some people can eat and eat and eat diet-- never gain weight. Rest of us, walk near Mr. Donuts – (blimp) Genetic: Twins studies (esp. separated at birth. Goes up and down, but returns to Set Point Dan Gilbert (Harvard) Win the lottery – happy – 2 years. Have an accident. Quadrapelegic. Unhappy, 2 yers
- Eat that.
- The smallest piece. Eat that. That is “circumstances” - Hungry today (missed breakfast) -- great. For me: my mama use to make oatmeal cookies. Brings up the other stuff.
- Don’t eat it yet.
- In Teaching Terms: Difference between 100% and 60%. Or even…
- Postive psychology
- Mental illness Important : depression (ustsu byo), mental disease
- Postive psychology
- Learn more Work longer at problem solving Approach tasks with more enthusiasm. http://www.centreforconfidence .co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTImdGlkPTAmaWQ9NA== http://www.theage.com.au/ Don’t worry, be happy. May 8, 2006
- For many students: educational pressure-cooker. Positive self-esteem/ positive self-regard often missing.
- Engaging activities. Engagement can lead to flow. Involvement, investment.
- Not Harry Potter and the Keys to English
- Siam paragon story Mercedes benz, porche, masarati, Same floor: ferrari, lamborghini Thai: 15 years or more. Delighted to see them growing out of poverty Money in happiness is complex (depends on what you do with it) but money doesn’t buy happiness But poverty can buy sadness Image: in your ferrari – in bangkok traffic
- Do #1 as example Remember good things in your life
- Next, how to introduce those 8 ideas into the elt classroom You don’t have to remember. Download
- Count your blessings
- Take time for family and friends.
- Forgive others. Forgive yourself.
- Stay healthy. Take care of your health and body.
- This is different than remember. This is real time. English teacher: Remembering is past tense. This is present, present simple, present continuous. RIGHT Now
- Happy people, when they run into negative experiences, know they will pass.
- Next, how to introduce those 8 ideas into the elt classroom You don’t have to remember. Download
- Count your blessings
- Note: 1 x a week. Sunday night
- CULTURAL
- CULTURE Japan – deny it Thailand/ Pakistan: “Oh, I’ll give it to you” Samoa/ pacific islands – really will give it to you Many English speaking cultures- just say thank you. Not suggesting, I (as NEST) do therefore Ss should, am suggesting they should be award of different options.
- Cultural activity
- HOW MANY TIMES EACH? Think Say Hard Reprocess: It is a drills
- School – do half board. Explain term (random acts of violence)– learned from Tim Murphey At school. Examples thanking people, giving up seat on bus, (candy, ¥100 shop – guards, cleaning people,
- School – do half board. Explain term (random acts of violence)– learned from Tim Murphey At school. Examples thanking people, giving up seat on bus, (candy, ¥100 shop – guards, cleaning people,
- School – do half board. Explain term (random acts of violence)– learned from Tim Murphey At school. Examples thanking people, giving up seat on bus, (candy, ¥100 shop – guards, cleaning people,
- Can do just as speaking. Fine. Now Something different.
- Standard activity. I learned about it from something Martin Seligman wrote (U. Pennsylvania). Christopher Peterson (U. of Michigan) worked with Seligman, now u. of Michigan. Korean Student: we do that every year.
- Standard activity. I learned about it from something Martin Seligman wrote (U. Pennsylvania). Christopher Peterson (U. of Michigan) worked with Seligman, now u. of Michigan. Korean Student: we do that every year.
- CULTURE VIOLATION TELL KOREAN CULTURE STORY Results: tears Moms and daughters – crying Dad and daughter – what did you do to the car?
- Take time for family and friends. Culture: Some east Asians (inc. Japanese) social relationships more important that European North Americans. (Group culture) Within European, range- Italians more social than Scots.
- Masumi - really kind, really patient Kent - very creative
- Forgive others. Forgive yourself.
- 27 years in prison Every right, every reason to hate Hard to teach . Can’t say: Talk about a jerk
- Take care of your health and body.
- KFC drops transfat. Class action suit -- you didn’t tell us. Judge through it out saying, essentially “ You thought friend chicken was health food.” - parents smoking “your going to get sick” innervoice story.
- Release enDORPHins
- Endorphins into the brain
- This is different than remember. This is real time. English teacher: Remembering is past tense. This is present, present simple, present continuous. RIGHT Now
- Mouse only, not remocon
- Eat a cookie - with mindfullness
- Eat a cookie - with mindfullness
- Semanara (novice)
- Did a lot of walking meditation- Can’t do with students (no language). Not into it – boring. How can I get them “into the moment).
- Walk to the window --- I am walking to the window. Open it with your right hand. – I am opening the window with my right hand.
- Walk into a bakery – inhale. Ss; walk by Mr. Donuts – inhale, Getting cold – hot tea. Hot onion soup I walk to work 2x week: nature sounds. (birds, insects). - middle class not-new suburbs. Notice Japanese aesthetic (gardens, trees, stone lanterns). smile at a stranger, see what happens.
- Happy people, when they run into negative experiences, know they will pass.
- Notice. Not bad story- success
- You feel bad / angry. As there is no other choice, Laugh loudly with friends.
- Excited, delighted. Who are you? Postive psychology
- Related sessions, dozens of times, 6-7 countries/cultures: But…. I don’t have time. Or I have to teach the curriculum Or But, I have to teach the required textbook (and happiness is not Ministry of Education approved)
- Excited, delighted. Who are you? Postive psychology
- School – do half board. Explain term (random acts of violence)– learned from Tim Murphey At school. Examples thanking people, giving up seat on bus, (candy, ¥100 shop – guards, cleaning people,
- School – do half board. Explain term (random acts of violence)– learned from Tim Murphey At school. Examples thanking people, giving up seat on bus, (candy, ¥100 shop – guards, cleaning people,
- Laugh for no reason Dr. Madan KaTAria Laughter PLUS Yoga. Breathing: Normal 300-500 milliliters of air 2500 ML of residual air. Laughter forces it out.
- 1, eye contact -- Laughter is contagious 2. Clap – motion – creates emotion Palm 2 palm 3. Fake it ‘til you make it.
- this. Followed by “very good. Very good. Yeah! (affirmation – self-fulfilling prophesy Milk shake laugh 3. cell phone laugh 4. Subway (squeeze together) (If time) Why are you laughing (clueless). (pass the laugh (I’m laughing and I have no reason).