I love imagination. We all have the ability to create a picture of our dreams and ideas and then by imagining them, create them. “Thoughts do become things”.
Language learning works really well with imagination – it’s easy to imagine sitting in one of our favourite places overseas and talking and laughing with the locals. Or we are sitting at our family’s kitchen table learning to cook a special cuisine with grandmother or aunt. The problem is that as we start actually doing the learning, our conscious mind gets involved in the process and tells us what it thinks we can and can’t do. (These thoughts are often the result of our years at school.)
BUT if we spur our imagination with belief, desire and expectancy and train it to visualise our goals so that we can see, feel, hear, taste and touch them, we will get what we want. My challenge for you this month is to stimulate your imagination. If you don’t have a picture of yourself speaking your new language fluently – create one NOW.
Focus on what you want with your language – focus on where you are speaking your language – what you are hearing and seeing - focus on how you feel - and before every tutorial or online lesson, spend a few minutes imagining what it will be like. Once you are smiling and getting excited about your picture, you are ready to begin learning. Try this for a few weeks to create your new habit and share with the VLLC student community how it is impacting your lessons.
Let your imagination become your new reality. Jo Ammerlaan
Let your imagination become your new reality. Jo Ammerlaan
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