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Neuro-Linguistic Programing and Language Teaching
Table 8.2 Timeline: My Milestones
Now – September 2016
Task 1 Writing my diary in English.
Task 2 Reading an article in English, every day, i.e. bb c news.
Task 3 Once a week skyping with my Australian friend.
Task 4 Reading one book a month in English.
Task 5 Baby-sitting in England for 3 months.
My desired goal – January 2020
The Timeline Process
1. Think of a future situation and the outcome that you want. Step
into the future at the point when you want to have it (i.e. January
2020). Imagine yourself in the situation and feel it – the language
you are using, fluency, voice, how are you dressed, your workplace,
your colleagues, etc.
2. Look back from that future point to the ‘now’ and imagine the
steps and stages that you would have to have gone through in order
to get from one point to the other and finally achieving the skills
and knowledge of your ideal language speaker self. These steps are
your milestones (table 8.2).
3. Come back to the present with that knowledge of how to achieve
your outcome.
Additional ideas for practising:
1. Telling or writing an autobiographical story in the past tense as a
recollection – retelling their language learning story starting with
the present situation and leading up to a successful mastery in the
future (suggested beginning of the story: It is September 2016 and
I . . .).
2. Make an action plan – students can write down the individual steps
from the Timeline, following the sma rt formula.
Conclusion
Neuro Linguistic Programming or n l p explores how we think, feel and
behave, and examines the inner language we use to present our experi-
ences.
Using n lp gives us more conscious choice over what we do and the
ways we act. The n l p tools and techniques can help us increase the
ability to achieve our goals and objectives. And one of the most powerful
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Table 8.2 Timeline: My Milestones
Now – September 2016
Task 1 Writing my diary in English.
Task 2 Reading an article in English, every day, i.e. bb c news.
Task 3 Once a week skyping with my Australian friend.
Task 4 Reading one book a month in English.
Task 5 Baby-sitting in England for 3 months.
My desired goal – January 2020
The Timeline Process
1. Think of a future situation and the outcome that you want. Step
into the future at the point when you want to have it (i.e. January
2020). Imagine yourself in the situation and feel it – the language
you are using, fluency, voice, how are you dressed, your workplace,
your colleagues, etc.
2. Look back from that future point to the ‘now’ and imagine the
steps and stages that you would have to have gone through in order
to get from one point to the other and finally achieving the skills
and knowledge of your ideal language speaker self. These steps are
your milestones (table 8.2).
3. Come back to the present with that knowledge of how to achieve
your outcome.
Additional ideas for practising:
1. Telling or writing an autobiographical story in the past tense as a
recollection – retelling their language learning story starting with
the present situation and leading up to a successful mastery in the
future (suggested beginning of the story: It is September 2016 and
I . . .).
2. Make an action plan – students can write down the individual steps
from the Timeline, following the sma rt formula.
Conclusion
Neuro Linguistic Programming or n l p explores how we think, feel and
behave, and examines the inner language we use to present our experi-
ences.
Using n lp gives us more conscious choice over what we do and the
ways we act. The n l p tools and techniques can help us increase the
ability to achieve our goals and objectives. And one of the most powerful
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