Trance States

Thanks for the sweet introduction, Daniel!

As an NLP Practitioner I'm interested in suggestion. You can suggest that students find learning easy, or fun, or that they can speak fluently. Ask: '...and which parts of the text do you want to understand?' and the students feel that there are parts they want to understand. To maximize this effect, you can get students into a trance state. There are NLP techniques for this, but if you haven't been on an NLP course yet, there are other ways. Recently, I've been using:

http://taggalaxy.com/

Webhead Dennis Newson drew my attention to the site. Type in a word, and pictures from Flickr fly in and attach themselves to a spinning globe. It's mesmerizing. You can introduce the lesson's theme like that, or have students type in words, practicing spelling and reinforcing vocabulary. The effect is to send students into a trance state perfect for suggestion. Mind your language!