Tuesday's Tip for Language Learning #15: Brainscape - Mental Management
Excerpt from Think Yourself into Becoming a Language Learning Super Star
Brainscape: Mental Management
Mental
Management
What is a goal
without a plan? A dream?
Mental
management techniques work at turning dreams into reality by requiring the
setting of goals and establishing a clear and comprehensive (and do-able) plan.
In his book, With Winning in Mind (2011, The Mentashowinl Management
System), Lanny Bassham discusses the importance of setting goals and tracking
progress. The right—and positive—mental attitude can definitely assist a person
in accomplishing his or her goals.
Defining mental management
Mental
management is the process of being able to improve your progress or show your prowess
while under stress. Have you ever been under stress in a language course? Of
course, you have!
If any of these
following circumstances apply, you could benefit from training in mental
management:
·
You draw a blank on a test even though you know
the material well;
·
You have trouble sleeping the night before a big
exam;
·
You are so nervous during class that you cannot
learn new things because you are afraid that the teacher is going to call on
you at any minute;
·
You have much trouble remembering the content of
your assignments because you are spending time worrying about what the results
of your work on your assignments will be; and/or
· You feel nauseous during class because you are having trouble keeping up with your classmates.
stress
during performance = need for mental management
Developing
good mental management
If any of the
conditions above describe you, time to develop some good mental management.
Good mental management will get you though many difficult activities and help
you improve your language performance.
Here are some
ways to develop good mental management:
·
Control your conscious thought: don’t be
distracted, focus on your goal, visualize you using your language well at an
important event (this has the additional value of improving your self-image)—if
you can visualize it, you can become it;
·
Plan how you will achieve each step of your goal
and visualize those steps; and/or
·
Monitor your level of stress, keeping in mind
that moderate amounts of stress release adrenaline which an actually improve
performance by focusing your attention and giving you better endurance.
planning + monitoring + visualization = control
Take charge of
your thoughts!
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