Our last meeting:

Date and Time:  Sunday, 21st April 2013

Multiple intelligences activities can be used with any age and level of language learner 

Jane Nakagawa explained Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and related learning styles research, suggesting that learners learn best, remember, perform, understand, and think in diverse ways.  Subsequently participants in this workshop/discussion explored how to effectively utilize multiple intelligences activities which fit their learners' ages, interests and abilities with the goals of increasing learner confidence, autonomy and motivation, promoting deeper and more memorable learning, and creating a lively, fun, supportive and meaningful classroom atmosphere for both students and teacher.

About Jane Nakagawa:
Jane has been teaching in Japan since 1989, most recently at Aichi University of Education as associate professor where she integrated multiple intelligences activities into content courses such as American History, Gender and Society, pedagogical methods for language teachers in training, and required EFL courses.  Her research areas are cooperative learning, learning styles, content- and task-based learner- centered pedagogy, gender studies, and poetry. She is the Publications Board Chair of the Global Issues in Language Education SIG and the Publicity Chair of the Literature in Language Teaching SIG.  She currently lives in Shizuoka city and can be reached via <janenakagawa@yahoo.com>.

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