Humanising Language Teaching
Year 5; Issue 6; November 03

Visualisation Exercises

From : Pages 41-44 , ON LOVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXERCISES, A.R. Orage, Weiser , 1998
( These exercises were first published in 1935 )

1. Visualise a regular series of numbers, eg 7, 14, 21. Try to see the whole series of numbers and make them present to yourself.
   Turn to a partner and tell them how the figures looked- colour, black and white? Large, small?
   What colour background?

2. Describe to a partner all the people you saw yesterday, including ones in the newspapers. What did these people look like, how did they move, what were they wearing?

3. Close your eyes and hum a tune you know well. Notice all the inner pictures the tune brings to mind. Tell a partner about these pictures.

4. Write down the English words for 12 ways animals make noise…..neigh, bark, cackle and then describe to a partner the pictures you got of the animals and their surroundings.

5. Write a list of 12 sounds water makes eg: roars, laps etc…. Tell a partner about any pictures that came to you as you wrote.

6. Think of a childhood room you knew well. Describe it in detail to a partner.