Imagination’s what you need!

Multi-sensory Guided Fantasy for all ages

By Michelle Worgan

ACEIA 2013

In today’s workshop we will:

• Experience guided visualisation (GV)

• Find out how to use GVs as a pre-reading task

• Discuss how to teach grammar with GVs

• Create a GV script for young learners

• Think about multi-sensory GV

• See how to use images, video and sound effects with GV

Relaxation techniques

Classical music

Tone of voice

Speed of speech

Whole body relaxation

Close your eyesnow and listen…

Benefits of guided visualisation

•Inspires students for creative work

•Creates a positive classroom environment

•Reduces anxiety

•Changes dynamics

How could you prepare students for this textusing GV?

Past

Present

Future

The Time Machine

• Take students into the past or the future

• Let students wander around the streets and buildings

• Let students “talk” to people they meet

• Ask students to draw and/or write

• Provide structures students need to express what they experienced

and to make conclusions: past simple, used to, future simple, going

to, conditionals etc

Take your learners on an imaginary trip

The zoo

The beach

The circus

The jungle

The park

Seasonal experiences

Using sound effects

Photobeat Nature Sounds

Sound Effects

(Boukhatem.com)

Using images

Put yourself in the picture

Using video

Atmosphere at a football match

Multi-sensory experience

Sight

Hearing

Touch

Smell

Thank you forcoming!

Get in touch!

Email: michelleworgan@gmail.com

Twitter: @michelleworgan

Blog: www.inspireyourlearners.blogspot.com

More ideas (further reading):

http://childrenlearningenglishaffectively.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/living-language-through-guided-

imagery.html