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Hi. I'm Marc Helgesen. I'm a professor in the Department of Modern Business at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Sendai, Japan. I also teach at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies MA TESOL Program where I teach a course on "Positive Psychology in ELT."
I'm an author of several books including the English Firsthand series from Pearson Education. Also, ELT & the Science of Happiness: Positive psychology activities for language learners form ABAX.
I'm very interested in Extensive Reading and am the past chair of the Extensive Reading Foundation which, among other things, organizes the Language Learner Literature Awards each year for the best graded readers.
Other academic interests include connecting ELT (English Language Teaching) to Positive Psychology and NeuroELT (Brain Science in ELT). In addition to my own NeuroELT pages, here are links to the JALT BRAIN SIG and FAB, an organization that organizes NeuroELT conferences.
I often do teacher development workshops and meet teachers in other situations. This website is mostly a way to share handouts from those workshops as well as other teaching materials.
I hope you find it useful. I'm always interested in in feedback. You can email me on the last page of this website.
Marc Helgesen
p.s., No, not my pet. I'm more of a dog person.
I'm an author of several books including the English Firsthand series from Pearson Education. Also, ELT & the Science of Happiness: Positive psychology activities for language learners form ABAX.
I'm very interested in Extensive Reading and am the past chair of the Extensive Reading Foundation which, among other things, organizes the Language Learner Literature Awards each year for the best graded readers.
Other academic interests include connecting ELT (English Language Teaching) to Positive Psychology and NeuroELT (Brain Science in ELT). In addition to my own NeuroELT pages, here are links to the JALT BRAIN SIG and FAB, an organization that organizes NeuroELT conferences.
I often do teacher development workshops and meet teachers in other situations. This website is mostly a way to share handouts from those workshops as well as other teaching materials.
I hope you find it useful. I'm always interested in in feedback. You can email me on the last page of this website.
Marc Helgesen
p.s., No, not my pet. I'm more of a dog person.