Yu Kanazawa
Kwansei Gakuin University
About
Yu Kanazawa, Ph.D. (Twitter: @knzw783) is an assistant professor at the School of International Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan., where he works as the extensive reading coordinator. He is also the project leader and the coordinator of the Fundamental Theory SIG, The Japan Association for Language Education & Technology (LET), Kansai Chapter. His research interests include emotion theories (such as Emotion-Involved Processing), cognitive psychology, foreign language pedagogy, to name a few.Sessions
College and University What an exciting book!: Graded reader emotionality, engagement, and EQ more
Fri, Aug 5, 13:00-13:20 Asia/Tokyo
Some books make you happy while others make you sad. This study investigated how different emotional traits of graded readers are related with different degrees of student engagement of extensive reading (ER), and what mediating role learner emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) could have. Sixteen different types of basic and epistemic emotions were selected for categorization: happy, sad, fearful, disgusted, angry, surprised, curious, confused, anxious, excited, frustrated, bored, enjoying, relaxing, moved, and nonemotional. First, students were familiarized with emotional tagging of ER materials, resulting in identifying books with their emotional profiles rated by students. Second, an online self-reported questionnaire was conducted. It was shown that different emotions in ER materials result in significantly diverse degrees of student engagement. Moreover, EQs turned out to correlate positively with engagement of ER materials with positive emotions while negatively with several negative emotions and nonemotionality. The rationale and pedagogical implications are discussed and exemplified.
All levels Motivation more
Sun, Aug 7, 20:00-22:00 Asia/Tokyo
Join the breakout room for a discussion on Motivation.
