happiness and elt
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Happiness and ELT[How to make your students happy.]
By Nick Michelioudakis
“My wife and I were happy for twenty years...
…Then we met!”
“I never knew what real happiness was until I got married…
…and by then it was too late.”
“They say money doesn't bring happiness…
…but everyone still wants to prove it for themselves.”
“It is hard to tell what brings happiness; wealth has failed... …but then so has poverty…”
“Money can't buy happiness; …it can, however, rent it!”
What is happiness?
• What is the 1st kind of happiness?• What are the two problems associated with it?• What is the 2nd kind of happiness?• How can you try to attain it?• What is the 3rd kind of happiness?
What is happiness?
• What is the 1st kind of happiness?• What are the two problems associated with it?• What is the 2nd kind of happiness?• How can you try to attain it?• What is the 3rd kind of happiness?
The Basics…
• Nature does NOT want you happy!!• Nature lies to us!• Nature’s solution: habituation.• Moral: Nature wants us to look ahead...• A1: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
The Social Dimension
• The importance of being part of a group• Solution: the pain of social exclusion• R: Cyberball
The Social Dimension
• The importance of being part of a group• Solution: the pain of social exclusion• R: Cyberball• Moral: Stenghening social bonds makes us happier• A2: MY WONDERFUL CLASSMATES
Attention• R: the xerox machine• R: the envelope• The role of ‘mystery’• Moral: Key to happiness:
What we focus on• A3: FANTASTIC TIMES
The role of Laughter
• Happiness and laughter• R: the pencil• Kataria: laughter yoga• Moral: Humour makes us happier• A4: [RG – The Navy and Scrambled Eggs…]
4.5 Keys to Happiness• Re-appreciate things• ‘Happiness comes from between’• Redirect attention• Watch funny clips…
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