NEURO LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP)-GUIDED LANGUAGE AND LEARNER APPROACH
Abstract
Background: 3D Animation and Digital Journalism (B.Voc and M.Voc) are skill based under graduation and post-graduation programmes and the first year intermediate students of general English I (23UAN AND 23UDJ) face a serious challenge in their English communication skills (writing, speaking, listening, and reading) which majorly affects and discredits their able, appreciable core skills. This study postulates that NLP techniques can help the students tackle their faulty belief systems that come in their way of approaching or acclimatizing a global language.
Objective: This study examines the influence of NLP on the language learning attitude and aptitude of first year general English undergraduate students of 3D Animation and Digital Journalism. .
Methods: Over 6 months, from June to December 2023, a before-and-after intervention study was conducted. The study involved 50 students from 1st year Animation and Digital journalism. Their first test performance (CIA 1) before NLP intervention and their second test performance (CIA-2) after NLP intervention were compared. A paired t-test (dependent t-test) compared the means of these 2 related tests and it showed statistically significant difference between the means of these 2 sets of related performance.
Results: The study involving 50 students (60.0% male, 40.0% female), indicated significant enhancements in performance, even to the point of the poor performers in the first CIA topping the class by the end of the semester. If the p-value (0.0000000007872) is less than 0.05, the conclusion is that there is a significant difference between the means of comp1 and comp2. The alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted, indicating a significant difference in the means of the data sets.
Conclusion: The NLP intervention yielded notable enhancements in students’ academic performance, particularly those with very negative belief system at the beginning of the semester. This article also intends to draw the attention of teachers, trainers, mentors, coaches and counsellors to NLP as a self-motivation and communication tool. Every teacher/trainer will be greatly empowered in learning NLP holistically- as a little knowledge is dangerous and detrimental- and use it in language teaching to empower students to attain intrapersonal and interpersonal communication excellence.
