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"Fiero" and "Naches" in

Language Learning

Suzanne Vetter-M‘Caw telc – language tests

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Contents

• Definitions of Fiero and Naches

• Their Relevance for Teaching

• Raising Awareness

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Dr. Paul Ekman

16 enjoyable emotions

“Emotions Revealed”, Times Books, 2003

Photo: Pixabay.com

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16 enjoyable emotions

Sensory pleasures from the 5 senses,

Amusement, Contentment, Excitement,

Relief, Wonder, Ecstasy, Fiero, Naches, Schadenfreude, Elevation, Gratitude

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Fiero

See Internet example:

David Mullins on Rule the World wins

2016 Grand National

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Fiero (Italian)

• Pride in personal achievement

• Intense sense of accomplishment

• Reach a challenging goal

• Spontaneous reaction

• Neurochemical high

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Naches (Yiddish)

• Pride in accomplishment of children (mentees / students)

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Naches

See Internet example:

Malala Yousafzai‘s Parents during the Nobel Peace

Prize Ceremony.

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Fiero

• Example: Andy Murray wins Wimbledon 2013 title

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PYyEDl1bJk

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Fiero and Naches in your life

• Childhood

• Personal goals

• Career successes

• Difficult tasks

• Private life

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Why do some people feel fiero more strongly?

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Relevance of

Fiero and Naches

for Teaching

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Luc Ciompi: Affect logic

1. Happiness approach

2. Continual interaction between feeling and thinking (emotion /cognition)

3. Links between specific emotions, cognitions and behaviours are reinforced by repetition

4. Pleasant solutions are favoured

5. Energizing effects of emotions – affect-energetic mechanisms

www.ciompi.com/en/affect-logic.html

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The Happiness Approach

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international hobo DGD2 questionnaire 2010

1. Yes, and I seek out games that give me this feeling.

2. Yes, and it enhances my enjoyment of a game.

3. Yes, I sometimes feel this way, but it doesn't matter to me.

4. Yes, I sometimes feel this way, and I don't like it.

5. No, I never feel this way when playing games.

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Top 10 Video Game Emotions (1 = top, 10 = bottom)

1 Amusement

2 Contentment

3 Wonderment

4 Excitement

5 Curiosity

6 Fiero

7 Surprise

8 Naches

9 Relief

10 Bliss

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international hobo DGD2 questionnaire

Wording for Fiero question:

Do you ever find yourself experiencing an intense feeling of triumph in a game, such that you want to stand up and put your hands in the air?

Flow and Fiero (of interest for computer game producers)

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Motivation

Why do we do the things we do?

What drives our behaviour?

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Intrinsic Motivation

• Motivation from inside the individual

• Not because of a reward

• Comes from the pleasure of completing the task

Fulfilling personal goals Fiero

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Extrinsic Motivation

• Motivation from outside

• Possibility of earning a reward

• Avoid an adverse outcome

• Induced interest

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Intrinisic or Extrinisic?

• Passing an exam with a good grade

• Competing to win a prize

• Networking to make contacts

• Keeping a deadline

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Best kind of motivation?

Extrinisic = told to do something by others / same goal for everyone

Result

Intrinisic = what I want / my personal goal

Process

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Raising awareness

of

Fiero and Naches

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How can we increase

awareness of Fiero and

Naches?

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Teachers & Students

• Take time to reflect

• Set personal milestones and goals

• Recognize individual successes

• Document progress

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Practical Examples

A telc

dual level exam

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Progress checks in course books

At the end of this unit I can:

∆ make suggestions

∆ use the present perfect correctly

∆ write an informal email

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CEFR – which descriptors?

Can give a clear, systematically developed presentation, with highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail.

Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time ...

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CEFR – Addressing Audiences

B2

Can give a clear, systematically developed presentation, with highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail.

B1

Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time ...

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Language learning & success

Fiero

Students – proud of own individual progress

Naches

Teachers – proud of students‘ progress

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Language Learning & Fiero

telc BizQuiz Cards

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Now it‘s up to you!

email: vetter-mcaw@gmx.net