Visualizing and Verbalizing Teacher's Manual: for Language Comprehension and Thinking

The Visualizing and Verbalizing Teacher's Manual for the internationally acclaimed program, develops language comprehension and thinking. This manual provides the theory and specific steps to develop concept imagery, the ability to image a gestalt (whole) from language. It describes the important questioning techniques that stimulate mental imagery, so the teacher can learn to help students visualize language and verbalize what they have imaged. This imagery-language connection is essential for oral and written language comprehension, as well as critical thinking.

The V&V Manual is designed for explicit and systematic instruction and includes scope and sequence of the program, detailed overview of each step, sample lessons, illustrations, and useful tips for implementing V&V instruction. This second edition is updated and revised, offering more than 100 pages of new material.

Features:

• Presents the theory and science behind concept imagery
• Includes lessons and summaries to assist instructors
• Contains diagrams, artwork, lists, and other teaching materials
• Develops and improves critical thinking skills
• Improves oral and written language comprehension
• Follows Sofie, a student, through the sequential steps

The program can be implemented for one-to-one, small-group, and classroom instruction.