10 minutes for happiness
Teachers are busy. Often we have an assigned curriculum or textbook. We just don't have as much freedom to include things like happiness -- even if we want to.
A solution? Steal a little time. Maybe we can make positive psychology ELT activities the main focus of a class, but we can usually find 10 minutes for:
• a warm-up
• a fluency builder
• a change of pace
10 minutes for happiness is a series of 14 activities that don't take long (although some can become major tasks if more time is available). To create a context so students know why you are asking them to do the tasks, try to find time to introduce "the science of happiness" (the Happiness Dictation on the "introducing happiness" page is a good way). Then, throughout your class, use the tasks from 10 minutes for happiness.
Individual tasks are described on the individual pages in the "main activity download center." The file here is the whole set. You don't need to download all the individual pages. The individual page downloads are there of teachers who just need one or two tasksheets.
In some classes, I do the happiness dictation early in the course, use the 10 minutes tasks throughout and have one or two "special menu: happiness" class where I use some of the other, longer positive psychology ELT task.
A solution? Steal a little time. Maybe we can make positive psychology ELT activities the main focus of a class, but we can usually find 10 minutes for:
• a warm-up
• a fluency builder
• a change of pace
10 minutes for happiness is a series of 14 activities that don't take long (although some can become major tasks if more time is available). To create a context so students know why you are asking them to do the tasks, try to find time to introduce "the science of happiness" (the Happiness Dictation on the "introducing happiness" page is a good way). Then, throughout your class, use the tasks from 10 minutes for happiness.
Individual tasks are described on the individual pages in the "main activity download center." The file here is the whole set. You don't need to download all the individual pages. The individual page downloads are there of teachers who just need one or two tasksheets.
In some classes, I do the happiness dictation early in the course, use the 10 minutes tasks throughout and have one or two "special menu: happiness" class where I use some of the other, longer positive psychology ELT task.