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Activity - Language Checks: Personal

Create your own language or expression check to think about what others hear and what you hear yourself saying while you are at work. Ideas can come from the research and publications on positive thinking and attribution styles in Attributing the cause of events in this domain.

Either undertake this yourself or ask another trusted colleague to observe you in class/listen to you in breaks. The following table gives you an idea of how and what to record.

 

Language expression/style - positivesHow many times it occurred today
Use of always/never 
Use of must, should, have to 
Positive affirmations of others/children/students in the time frame 
Accepting an opposite point of view 
  
  
  
  
  


Think about what the table reveals.