Summary: We had an orientation about how to be successful and get the most out of this course to support your university studies and learning. To understand more about self-directed learning, we viewed and studied the ‘Learning Motivational Animation video:

BYU Center for Teaching and Learning. (2014, Feb. 1). Learning motivation animation [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8uEPA3OX5M

How will your grade be calculated? 

Homework (30%)

Free Rice (10% Content, 10% Online Class Participation),

Midterm L2 Motivation Paper (20%),

L2 Motivation Final Presentation based on the paper (20%)   

Class Participation (10%)

Class Documents

Homework due the day before Class 02 at 1 p.m.: 

1. Done in Class 01: Please email me with a) a greeting, b) why you are taking this class, and c) what English classes you have taken at Saitama University. Then, I will reply and send you a link to your Google Doc Homework upload file.

2. Please read and take notes on this article for about 2-3 pages in the link below. Please take two photos and put them in the Google share file and the document I shared via email. I will explain this in class:

Vye, S. (2016). Art and the motivational L2 self system in a university course. Learning Learning, 23(2), 2-7. http://ld-sig.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Article-1-Vye.pdf

Note-taking is an excellent skill to use while studying or in your daily life. There is no one correct way to take notes, but it is helpful not to write long sentences and to write the main idea in phrases and images. Here are some note-taking samples:

Note Taking Sample 1

Note Taking Sample 2

2. Your Free Rice Learning Program

Please make an account for our ESP1a Motivational SS (Self System) with the class code I provided in WEB CLASS if you have not already. Several students and I are playing already. You can make an avatar name if you wish, but please let me know your game name. You can choose any English category and study as you like for your English motivation. Your goal is to get 4,000 correct answers before the last class at your pace, but do practice sometime every week. This is 20% of the class grade, but you can choose the subjects you wish and feed children worldwide who are hungry for free, sponsored by the United Nations and the World Food Programme.