LET-FMT-SIG: Fundamental Theory SIG, Japan Association for Language Education & Technology

Date: Monday, March 31st, 2025 Time: 1:30PM ~ 4:40PM (Japan Standard Time (JST): UTC+9) Venue: Building 2, 4th Floor, Meeting Room 1, Chuo University Tama Campus, Tokyo (中央大学 多摩キャンパス 2号館 4階 研究所会議室1) Campus Information:  https://www.chuo-u.ac.jp/english/visit/tama/ Google Maps:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/waD6DFrcJT5uCdhi9    ... & Hybrid (synchronously on Zoom) Online registration via this form is needed for Zoom participation. Online registration via this form is needed for in-person participants who are joining the dinner gathering after the lectures. Online registration via this form is recommended for in-person participants who are not joining the dinner gathering after the lectures. Free event - all welcome!! Please use the following link to register: https://forms.gle/RNqzfG8AMGFwmsqA6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presentation #1 (in English） Three Hypotheses on Micro-Level Emotions in Foreign Language Retention...

Dr. Yu Kanazawa (Osaka University), the coordinator and the project leader of our SIG, is delivering a YouTube Live invited talk at Active Inference Institute. Kanazawa, Y. (2025, February 23). Active Inference GuestStream ~ Yu Kanazawa (金澤 佑) : The free energy principle, language learning, and education [YouTube Live Invited Talk]. Active Inference Institute. https://youtu.be/BN2akPkfNxA This talk is based on the following paper: Kanazawa, Y. (2024). The free energy principle and its implications to language learning and education: 4E cognition, prediction, accuracy-complexity trade-off, intrinsic motivation via epistemic emotions, 4 skills. Memoirs of the Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University (The University of Osaka), 1 , 135-157. https://doi.org/10.18910/94802 For more relevant resources, see also:  https://researchmap.jp/yu-kanazawa/epistemicity?lang=en

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