ENGLISH Reading Exercise #20 (Intermediate) Goal Setting Step 6

ENGLISH READING PRACTICE PLAYLIST – CLICK HERE

To improve your English fluency and confidence when speaking, use the Synchronized Reading Method. Be sure to watch the Introduction video in the link above first, to understand the methodology. These English reading practice sessions will dramatically improve your English fluency.

These exercises are designed for intermediate to advanced students who want to sound like a native speaker. By reading along with the teacher at the same time, with the teacher’s voice superimposed over their own, students start to self-correct in the areas of pronunciation and fluency, learning to read and speak in natural word groups.

If you find the pace is too slow, go to the Advanced version, and repeat until you are fluent in sync with the teacher’s reading.

Here is a transcript of the video: English Reading Practice: Exercise 19 (Advanced) – Goal Setting Blueprint – Step 5

Be sure to watch the introductory video to this playlist before doing this exercise.
Click on the link below in the Description . . .
(https://youtu.be/IOeaBha6dUU)

Instructions

1. Turn up the volume so the teacher’s voice is loud.
2. Read the words in red out loud at the same time as the teacher.
3. Pay attention to the teacher’s voice intonation and the word groups.
4. If you find the speed is too fast, go to the playlist and choose the advanced version.
5. Check any new words in a dictionary to fully understand the text.

Step 6 – When Reaching Goals Use Mental Pictures: Put A Film Studio In Your Head!
To emphasize the connection between reaching goals and mental pictures think of:
The smiling face of someone close to you
The classroom on your first day at school
The first automobile you owned
That beautiful sunset on your last vacation
These sentences immediately bring pictures to your mind.
The brain often thinks in pictures. An understanding of this is important when reaching goals.

When we think about something, our brain activates regions associated with vision, particularly the visual cortex, located at the back of the brain. This activation allows us to mentally “see” images or scenes in our mind’s eye.

The human eye captures an incredible amount of information with just one glance, and relays it all to the brain, which then translates that information into a form we ‘see’.

It would be more accurate to say we see with our brain than with our eyes. But here is a point that gets more exciting the more you think about it. The brain does not need to receive information through the eyes to see every time.

It can recall from memory, sights, sounds and feelings and put the whole sequence together, and run it like a movie, all inside our head. In other words, we are talking about visualization. Visualization is a cognitive skill that involves creating mental images or representations of information and concepts.
Where is all this leading us in relation to reaching goals?

Visualization is a powerful tool for goal setting and achievement. Athletes and performers often use visualization techniques to mentally rehearse successful outcomes, and improve their performance.
If we could construct our own movie, cast ourselves in the starring role, and act out the scenes as if we are achieving and reaching goals we have set, and then play it over and over in our minds, what would be the result? Answer: SENSATIONAL!

A movie is made by a lot of people, but a key figure is the director.
His job includes visualizing the script and guiding the production crew and actors. He is responsible for the overall creative vision of the film. The director plays a crucial role in casting the right actors for each role in the film. So be your own director and cast yourself in the leading role. Visualize yourself enjoying the benefits of reaching goals you have formulated.

This may sound a little ‘off the wall’ but many find this technique works!
In your mind create your own movie theatre. Imagine it now. Imagine the walls, the seats, the stage, the screen. Put yourself in the front row.

Sit back, press a button and start the movie. See yourself up there in vivid colour reaching goals and enjoying whatever it is you are seeking. Rewind. Play it again! Every time you want to feel a surge of motivation, in your mind, slip into your own movie theatre and just play it again.

This mental imaging merely cooperates with the way our brain works. And what goes on in our minds has a direct bearing on our actions, the results we produce in our lives, and reaching goals.

So go ahead! Take a few minutes to: Visualize your goal, create the mental picture and put a film studio in your head!

Next, Step 7 – Achieving Goals: The Remaining 90% – Sheer Persistence

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Now you have completed this English Reading Exercise, try this one:
English Reading Practice: Exercise 14 (Advanced) Goal Setting Introduction