Advanced Language Cards Vol1 PDF
Advanced Language Cards Vol1 PDF
Advanced Language Cards Vol1 PDF
Pattern Mastery
Flash Cards Vol I
Matt Caulfield
© 2010 Matt Caulfield
When I started teaching NLP in 2003 people continually asked me about the
cards and how to use them, so I got a limited number printed and gave them
out as part of the training literature, or sold them (for £19.99 a set). If you
have a set of these cards, keep hold of them, they are very rare; I don’t even
have a set any more!
I recently came across the original pdf designs for the cards, so (after
updating them and tarting them up a bit) I have released them for your benefit
as a pdf download.
To use these cards, print them out onto card (or print them on paper and stick
them to card), I have included a handy card back for you to use on them if you
wish! If you really want to you could even laminate them...
The secret is to use them every day, even if it is just one card for 5 minutes. If
you do that you will be surprised how quickly you master these patterns.
The great thing with having them as a pdf, rather than a hard copy, is if you
lose a card or your set becomes a bit tatty, you can just print out a new one!
Matt Caulfield
A Refresher on Basic Grammar
1. The labels are only a guide. You will probably have noticed that some
of the examples on the cards contain more patterns than the one it is
being used to illustrate. This because language is complex and
patterns rarely occur independently. Don’t get stuck just trying to
pigeonhole every statement you hear into one or more category. It is
unnecessary.
2. You don’t need to learn the labels. They are the least important part of
these cards. It is more important to be able to recognise, generate and
know what to do with the patterns.
3. When generating the sample sentences, think of simple aim you want
to achieve, for example, you may want to put someone into a trance or
sell something.
5. Start slowly (otherwise you may overwhelm yourself), just pick one
card a day to begin with and listen out for, and generate, that pattern.
6. Have FUN! Enjoying what you are doing will make you learn much
faster.
2. Draw three cards at and random and construct a paragraph with the 3
language patterns in it.
3. Draw a card (or more if you want to) a day and use that as the “pattern
of the day”, make the effort to get it into everything you say and listen
out for it (make notes of particularly interesting variations of it).
who says?
“...it can be deeply “He is better than me” “Nobody respects me”
satisfying...”
at what? who, specifically, doesn’t
respect you?