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Plug & Play Neuroscientific Maxims for your Classroom! [Invited Session]
Revolutionize your Classrooms with Super-practical “neuroELT” Activities! [Workshop]
Robert S. Murphy
Abstract for Invited Session
Plug & Play Neuroscientific Maxims for your Classroom!
In this dynamic and interactive session, Robert will discuss six of most practical maxims from his new chapter in Language Teaching Insights from Other Fields (TESOL Publications, 2014). Be prepared to do pair work and actively participate in this dynamic and highly informative session, exploring how research in cognitive development can be practically applied to your classrooms for fantastic results. Via the six chosen neuroELT maxim discussions, Robert will discuss the importance of (1) student captivation via personalization of content --even at the neuronal level, (2) the underrated and misunderstood role of emotion in pedagogy [the limbic system], (3) how context significantly affects cognition, (4) the amazing power of choice, (5) the overwhelming affects of prediction within the brain, and (6) the practicality and the awesome affects of graphic organizers in ELT via the neuroscience lens.
Abstract for Workshop
Revolutionize your Classrooms with Super-practical “neuroELT” Activities!
In this practical and interactive session, Robert will introduce two highly effective and popular graphically-organized ELT activities (TRIDENT, and Murphy’s Mind Map) based on neuro-scientific research, and a new approach to ELT with proven success (CREAME). Robert was awarded Best of JALT in Japan for his presentations on TRIDENT, and his unique mind-mapping design and CREAME approach to ELT has been widely recognized for its progressive design and has been published by Asian EFL Journal. By the end of this session, you will be armed with the tools to revolutionize your classrooms!
TRIDENT is an acronym for TRIangular DENary system for Translation. This is a useful tool designed by Robert for bilingual language teaching as well as translation project management. It is an amazing tool for any serious applied linguist or EFL teacher interested in integrating deeper linguistic analysis in their classrooms.
The "Murphy Mind Map" is Robert's neuro-twist on the standard mind-mapping activity as it forces emotional valences upon the learners, significantly affecting the emotional engagement of the learners, making the learning more fun, meaningful, and most importantly more memorable!
Bio-sketch
Co-founder of the International FAB (neuroELT) Conferences, Robert S. Murphy is a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has studied Mind, Brain, and Education, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Neuroimaging at the University of Edinburgh. Robert has an MA from the University of Birmingham in TEFL/TESL, is the founder of Murphy School of Education, full-time Lecturer at the University of Kitakyushu, and the author of the Optimal Levels! textbook series published by Deeper Understanding Books and has been a leading voice for “neuroELT” in Asia.
"NeuroELT" is a dynamic and rigorous new field within Applied Linguistics emerging from the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) program. Robert is the co-founder of the FAB Brain Days conferences which helps to address and promote this emerging field within Applied Linguistics in the Asian EFL concext.
