The Power of Metaphor

IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)

The scripts for the visualisations in the main core of this work are mainly based on myths and folk tales

The use of guided visualisation enables us to step outside this web we weave ourselves into and to reconnect with our inner resources.

We’re always thinking about what’s going to happen next and there is no time for quiet or reflection.

Our fast-paced, time-segmented daily lives make it difficult to be fully present at any one moment.

result is that they tend to have an underdeveloped interpersonal ability. It is often the case that they are discouraged from discussing or being open about feelings, a

has gathered evidence to suggest that there are at least eight different types – linguistic, mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinaesthetic, musical, interpersonal – the way we relate to others, intrapersonal – our talent to self-evaluate, and naturalist – our ability to classify and categorise.

Howard Gardner, an educational psychologist at Harvard University,

Intelligence Types to consider. H

what sort of things do you enjoy doing as you learn? Think of the subject you learn best. What is it you do in that subject that helps you more than anything else