The presentation from my talk at InnovateELT, Barcelona (May 2018). Most of the slides require some explanation which you can find here: http://viewsfromthewhiteboard.edublogs.org/2018/05/18/visualise-this/

1. VISUALISE
THIS!
@TeresaBestwick
viewsfromthewhiteboard.edublogs.org
verybouncyperson@gmail.com

3. what are you doing?
who are you with?
how do you feel?
what can you hear?
what can you see?
what can you smell?
what are you wearing?
what’s the weather like?
where are you?
what can you feel beneath your toes?

5. VISUALISATION RULES:

6. VISUALISATION RULES:
• Don’t move around whilst you’re narrating

7. VISUALISATION RULES:
• Don’t move around whilst you’re narrating
• Use easy-to-access language

8. VISUALISATION RULES:
• Don’t move around whilst you’re narrating
• Use easy-to-access language
• “When you’re ready, open your eyes”

9. A MEMORY
PALACE
Thanks to Dan Barber

10. NORA
Thanks to Jane Arnold

11. • Describe Nora
• Decribe the area where she lives
•How did her husband die?
• Describe the room where Nora is doing
the puzzle
• Describe the puzzle she’s doing

12. • Who did Nora see when she opened the
door?
• What did she do?
• What happened in the end?

13. A terrible morning
Describe the woman.
What happened when she was on her way to work?
How did she respond?
What happened later?

14. A terrible morning
Jasmine is a teacher with brown, curly hair who lives in the north of
Scotland. It’s really cold and icy there and one day, when Jasmine was
driving to work, there had been an accident so she had to go a
different way. Unfortunately, she got lost because her GPS wasn’t
working.
She decided to stop to ask for directions. She saw a farmer and he
offered to give her a ride because it was really dangerous.
Later, when he met her after school, she took his phone number and
then they went for a coffee.
A terrible morning with a happy ending!

15. A terrible morning
Jasmine is a teacher with brown, curly hair who lives in the north of
Scotland. It’s really cold and icy there and one day, when Jasmine was
driving to work, there had been an accident so she had to go a
different way. Unfortunately, she got lost because her GPS wasn’t
working.
She decided to stop to ask for directions. She saw a farmer and he
offered to give her a ride because it was really dangerous.
Later, when he met her after school, she took his phone number and
then they went for a coffee.
A terrible morning with a happy ending!
SPRE
Thanks to Chris Johnson

16. A SILLY
VISUALISATION
ANECDOTE

17. • What sport are you doing?
• Where are you?
• What’s the weather like?
• Who are you with?
• What are you wearing?
• How do you feel?
DOING SPORT

19. I can see…
She’s… (where?)
She’s wearing…
She’s… (what’s she doing?)
She looks…
In the background, I can see…
I think it’s probably… (when?)
I imagine…

20. What kind of person do you
think he/she is?
What kind of people do you
think they are?
Where is he/she?
Where are they? What is he/she wearing?
What are they wearing?
What is he/she doing?
What are they doing?
How do you think he/she
feels?
How do you think they feel?
How do you feel about
doing this kind of thing?
Why?
Photo taken from
http://flickr.com/eltpics
by @sandymillin,
used under a CC Attribution
Non-Commercial license

21. VISIBLE
THINKING
Thanks to Michelle Worgan

22. USING
MUSIC
what are you doing?
who are you with?
how do you feel?
what can you hear?
what can you see?
what can you smell?
what are you wearing?
what’s the weather like?
where are you?

23. what are
you doing?
who are
you with?
how do you
feel?
what can
you hear?
what can
you see?
what can
you smell? what are
you
wearing?
what’s theweatherlike?
where are
you?• What sport are you
doing?
• Where are you?
• What’s the weather
like?
• Who are you with?
• What are you
wearing?
• How do you feel?

24. BIRTHDAY
PRESENT

25. Thanks for coming!
@TeresaBestwick
viewsfromthewhiteboard.edublogs.org
verybouncyperson@gmail.com
• visiblethinkingpz.org/
• flickr.com/photos/eltpics
• eltconcourse.com/training/inservice/teaching/visualisation.html
• tompannellmusic.com