bol 450 ? an english-based - CRE Learning

CRE - CREATIVE RELAXATION EXERCISE BOL 450 - GROUP-BASED PRACTICE OF LANGUAGE IN A WEEK
FRENCH VERSION ROUGH DRAFT FOR CORRECTION BEFORE PUBLICATION JUNE 22, 2007
Dr. Bob Boland & Team
MD, MPH, DBA, ITP (Harvard) KEY CONCEPT: "WHEN you create new POSITIVE wave patterns in YOUR mind,
they give you the CONFIDENCE to RELAX and ABSORB the new language,
naturally without EFFORT"
Source: MIcheline d'Arcangues
Audio: 30 minutes - freely available: www.crelearning.com
Help: robertboland@wanadoo.fr
Copyright: RGAB/2007/1 INTRODUCTION
BOL 450 means 'Basics of Language' using 450 words. The same basic words
are used for each language, thereby providing a simple foundation for
accelerated learning of several languages.
BOL 450 programs have been used in over 20 countries around the world for
over 3000 managers. It is "helping each other to learn program" to ABSORB
language with fun!
The BOL 450 materails include: DIARY - TO GIVE THE BASIC PROGRAM - CHANGE TO FIT
YOUR NEEDS WORKPACK - DAY BY DAY FOR A WEEK IN GROUPS CREATIVE PROGRAM LEARNING - 450 WORDS
For help in designing and operating your special program, contact the
authors ISBN 0 7985 0301 7
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permission of the publisher. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Subject Page. No.
Individual Course Diary 3
Workpack - group-based exercise 13 Creative learning exercise 127
BOL 450 - AN ENGLISH BASED
MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM INDIVIDUAL COURSE DIARY (To be retained by the Participant)
Copyright RGAB 2006/1
BOL 450 - Language Course
PROGRAMME 09.00 Unit Work 11.00 Break for Coffee 11.15 Continue Unit Work 13.00 Adjourn for Luncheon 14.00 Unit Work 15.30 Break for Tea 15.45 Continue Unit Work 17.30 Adjournment - evening work to be
handed out by the Organiser.
BOL 450 - INDIVIDUAL COURSE DIARY
INDEX ITEM
Important Note for the learner 2 Data Sheet 3 Individual Learning Ideas 4 Opening Quiz Answer Sheet 5 Closing Quiz Answer Sheet 6 Feedback Summary 7 Appendices Simplified Grammatical Summary 8 Word Summary 17 BOL 450 IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THE LEARNER The BOL 450 material is a very complex group learning instrument
which has been designed and redesigned over and over to appear to be a
simple but standardised multi-language learning system, using English as a
common international language base. The key feature of the system is that it must be rapidly
learnable ... and yet be as "correct" as possible. But what is correct in
language? Can the full cultural meaning of any important sentence ever be
exactly translated into another language without a compromise? Every "natural speaker" of a language tends to feel that he
"knows what is correct and normal" in the language, but others naturally do
not agree! The "natural speaker" normally fails completely to really
identify with the learner or to understand the learner's extreme
difficulties before he reaches the "threshold of the language", i.e. the
ability to use the new language itself to ask questions about it. In over 200 pages of BOL 450 materials some inevitable language
differences of opinion or "errors" must exist! They cannot simply be
corrected like a dictionary ... or the resulting "correct language" may be
far too complex for the learner to grasp and he may give up before he
reaches the threshold. Thus, error correction is a slow, difficult and
subtle process which balances "correct language" at any stage with "learner
difficulties" ... Generally you will find that the BOL 450 language style tends to
be rather "formal" and "English". However, it should be simple and rapidly
understandable, so that a more intimate and complex style can come from
personal experience after initial language confidence has been achieved. In your learning therefore, with the BOL 450 system, please,
please try not to allow your learning to be blocked at any stage by
worrying excessively about "errors" in word selection, grammatical form or
accent ... ours or yours ... recognise them ... deal with them in group
discussion ... and concentrate on your main objective ... personal language
confidence for practical and effective communication. After all you cannot expect to learn to speak a new language
from a dictionary ...........
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BOL 450 - INDIVIDUAL COURSE DIARY
DATA SHEET COURSE LOCATION AND DATE: PARTICIPANT'S NAME: TITLE: COMPANY: BUSINESS ADDRESS: PREVIOUS LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE: 1. English 2. Other
THREE PERSONAL OBJECTIVES IN TAKING THE COURSE:
(Try to be specific) 1. 2. 3. NOTE: COMPLETE ONE SHEET OF YOUR NOTEBOOK
FOR EACH DAY INDICATING: 1. Key points learned.
2. Reactions to group learning.
3. Any question not satisfactorily answered.
4. Results of any quizzes during the day.
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BOL 450 - INDIVIDUAL COURSE DIARY INDIVIDUAL LEARNING IDEAS
1. Recognise that effective communication is only 20% verbal (the actual
words used) and about 80% non-verbal (tone, expression, speed, eyes,
hands, body, environment etc.) Use your body to communicate. 2. You have to speak to learn a language ... open wide, speak loud and
clear and use your hands. Don't worry about mistakes until Saturday! 3. Play radio or TV words (not music) in the room ALL THE TIME to train
your ears to listen to the "music" of the new language. 4 Read all notices aloud ... speak to people ... visit many shops ...
ask silly questions ... ask directions continually even when you know
the way ... ask the price of things ... discuss with waiters,
shopkeepers, doormen, receptionists, other guests the weathers,
prices, directions, learning the language, etc. ... ask several people
the same question until you understand. 5. Try to argue. 6. Get a paper every day to read the news. Do not read your own
newspapers or listen to the radio in your own language ... create the
personal need to understand the new language ... listen to all news
broadcasts. 7. Repeat all phrases you hear and recognise, over and over again. 8. Read the newspaper to someone else. 9. Buy books and magazines that interest you ... try joke books. Go to
see a film twice. 10. Try to sing local songs ... write out the words. 11. Do mood music relaxation with TV and radio regularly. 12. Use the telephone to get information. 13. Use flip charts for problems ... graffitti! 14. Revise the learning units at night - aloud. 15. Repeat all words and phrases until they come without effort. 16. Overall, just for one week, refuse to speak your own language except
those words that you "put in" to keep up a conversation in the new
language ... use a language "mix". 17. Help other learners and thereby help yourself to achieve success by
reaching the threshold of the language.
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BOL 450 QUIZ ANSWER SHEET
OPENING QUIZ
| 1. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |26. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 2. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |27. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 3. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |28. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 4. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |29. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 5. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |30. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 6. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |31. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 7. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |32. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 8. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |33. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| 9. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |34. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|10. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |35. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|11. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |36. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|12. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |37. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|13. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |38. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|14. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |39. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|15. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |40. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|16. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |41. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|17. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |42. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|18. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |43. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|19. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |44. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|20. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |45. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|21. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |46. |(a) (b) (c) (d) |
|22. |(a) (b) (c)