OMG it's soon.
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parasitegirlI don't know where to start.
I spent the morning writing about communication styles in preparation for the two day education workshop when I return from Istanbul. The same old same old...wherein I write things like
Communication style classes are interactive classes. Teachers lead the activities and communicate new ideas. Students communicate their own ideas and their understanding by doing things. Because teachers lead the activities and have a better understanding of English, they will speak more slightly complex English and use many gestures, body language, pictures and so on. Students will speak very basic English and spend most of the time communicating non-verbally by drawing, using body language, pointing, nodding and so on.
Communication needs motivation. I know this. Japanese is not easy for me. I do not like studying languages…but using Japanese helps me get things I want, like friendships, nice haircuts, my job, medicine for my allergies and more. Every day I have to use many ways of communication. Sometimes I have to use gestures and drawings, which is embarrassing because I am an adult. But each time I communicate and get what I want, I am more motivated to try to do new things. Each time I get a better understanding of what to do in the future if I am in the same situation.
Students are the same. They need motivation to participate in communication activities. Communication activities should give them something they want, like new information on something they’re they are interested in. Not understanding what is going on can be frustrating, but if a student has learned that if they participate in communication activities they will be rewarded with something they want, they will become increasingly more willing to try.
(and so on)
Nothing makes me edit more than the realization that I will have to be saying all of this in Japanese. I sometimes wish it was acceptable for me to just scream "Communication good! Vocabulary drills bad! OBEY ME"
And the afternoon brought with it another wave of "OMG you're going to Istanbul! PREPARE!!!"
Which included double checking my contact info and sending out more emails to potential teachers. I'm going to try for Hale Sultan instead of Sema when it comes to private lesson focused on Oriental, because Sema will be in Japan in a few months. For Romani it's Reyhan and Ahmet Ogren.
And trying to figure out my workshop attendance calender so I could share it with Nourah who wants to know which nights I can dance in Warabi, and to figure out which worshops and shows overlap (because Tokyo is crawling with workshops in September!).
Thursday night I will be running around madly packing.
Tonight I should finish some costume stuff to send out.
I spent the morning writing about communication styles in preparation for the two day education workshop when I return from Istanbul. The same old same old...wherein I write things like
Communication style classes are interactive classes. Teachers lead the activities and communicate new ideas. Students communicate their own ideas and their understanding by doing things. Because teachers lead the activities and have a better understanding of English, they will speak more slightly complex English and use many gestures, body language, pictures and so on. Students will speak very basic English and spend most of the time communicating non-verbally by drawing, using body language, pointing, nodding and so on.
Communication needs motivation. I know this. Japanese is not easy for me. I do not like studying languages…but using Japanese helps me get things I want, like friendships, nice haircuts, my job, medicine for my allergies and more. Every day I have to use many ways of communication. Sometimes I have to use gestures and drawings, which is embarrassing because I am an adult. But each time I communicate and get what I want, I am more motivated to try to do new things. Each time I get a better understanding of what to do in the future if I am in the same situation.
Students are the same. They need motivation to participate in communication activities. Communication activities should give them something they want, like new information on something they’re they are interested in. Not understanding what is going on can be frustrating, but if a student has learned that if they participate in communication activities they will be rewarded with something they want, they will become increasingly more willing to try.
(and so on)
Nothing makes me edit more than the realization that I will have to be saying all of this in Japanese. I sometimes wish it was acceptable for me to just scream "Communication good! Vocabulary drills bad! OBEY ME"
And the afternoon brought with it another wave of "OMG you're going to Istanbul! PREPARE!!!"
Which included double checking my contact info and sending out more emails to potential teachers. I'm going to try for Hale Sultan instead of Sema when it comes to private lesson focused on Oriental, because Sema will be in Japan in a few months. For Romani it's Reyhan and Ahmet Ogren.
And trying to figure out my workshop attendance calender so I could share it with Nourah who wants to know which nights I can dance in Warabi, and to figure out which worshops and shows overlap (because Tokyo is crawling with workshops in September!).
Thursday night I will be running around madly packing.
Tonight I should finish some costume stuff to send out.
