Words Work! : How to Change Your Language to Improve Behaviour in Your Classroom

by Mahoney, Terry

• ISBN13: 9781899836987
• ISBN10: 1899836985
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd

Summary

This book is all about enabling teachers to recognize these linguistic patters, and use them effectively

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Preface	vii
Introduction	xi
Part I: What Am I Going to Learn?	1	(50)
General Elements of NLP	3	(24)
The NLP mindset: guiding principles for excellent behaviour managers	4	(3)
Some of the key elements of NLP	7	(14)
The simple NLP communication model	7	(2)
The levels of meaning	9	(3)
Motivational patterns	12	(9)
Key conclusions	21	(4)
Sources and further reading for this chapter	25	(2)
Mind your Language!	27	(24)
Patterns of language	27	(3)
Personally preferred speech patterns	28	(2)
Learning from experience	30	(5)
Visual	34	(1)
Auditory-tonal	35	(1)
Auditory-digital	35	(1)
Kinaesthetic	35	(1)
War and peace -- rapport and disharmony	35	(7)
Ways of improving rapport	36	(2)
Linguistic harmony	38	(2)
Conflict and disharmony	40	(1)
Regaining rapport -- mediation	40	(2)
``What makes this pupil tick?'' -- strategies in NLP	42	(8)
Scoring sheet	49	(1)
Key conclusions	50	(1)
Sources and further reading for this chapter	50	(1)
Part II: Why Should I Learn This?	51	(36)
What's Happening in Classrooms Now?	53	(34)
Managing behaviour	54	(4)
Discipline versus counselling	57	(1)
The psychology of behaviour and learning -- a toolkit of ideas and practices	58	(14)
Brain research	72	(3)
Emotional intelligence -- for you and them	75	(3)
The teacher as coach	78	(6)
Key conclusions	84	(1)
Sources and further reading for this chapter	84	(3)
Part III: Just How Do I Do It?	87	(48)
It's All in the Mind	89	(28)
Getting down to the nitty-gritty -- the meta-model of language	89	(4)
Presuppositions	92	(1)
Nominalisations	93	(1)
Developing the ``Merlin'' in you -- hypnotic language approaches	93	(4)
The case for obscurity	94	(3)
Storytelling and metaphoric language	97	(3)
Shaped daydreaming or state-inducing talk	98	(1)
Stories in quotations	99	(1)
Words that change the internal mindscape -- other linguistic approaches	100	(14)
Sleight of mouth	100	(2)
Verbal aikido and fogging	102	(1)
Motivational talk	102	(1)
Reframing	103	(1)
The language of choice	104	(4)
NVC -- nonviolent communication	108	(3)
Using counselling approaches	111	(1)
Solution-focused brief counselling	112	(1)
``Clean'' language	113	(1)
Key conclusions	114	(1)
Sources and further reading for this chapter	115	(2)
The Scripts	117	(18)
Speech to calm the anxieties and raise self-esteem	117	(5)
Centring scripts	118	(1)
Addressing the specific anxieties	119	(3)
Using the meta-program patterns	122	(2)
Using the meta-model	124	(3)
Gestalt approaches	124	(3)
Using the Milton model and other ``hypnotic'' scripts and strategies	127	(3)
Example of a Milton vague communication	127	(1)
Embedded commands	127	(3)
An example of a guided visualisation	130	(1)
Sleight-of-mouth patterns	130	(3)
A miscellany of useful words	133	(2)
Part IV: What Can I Do With This Learning?	135	(12)
Putting It All Together	137	(10)
Language to improve behaviour -- neuro-linguistics in action in your classroom	137	(5)
General rules of engagement	142	(2)
Negative and positive statements	144	(2)
In conclusion	146	(1)
Bibliography and Useful Resources	147