An implication of milton model of NLP for ESL learners

Language teaching is an imperative domain of academia, across the globe. For the purpose, many effective methods, techniques, and approaches have been developed to improve the language teaching-learning process. NLP was introduced into a post modern era as a post modern method. The proponents of this new paradigm believe that language teaching process can be made effective by programming the students’ minds for effective learning. Neuro-functioning of human brain is structural that can be programmed through a variety of techniques, is the core philosophy of NLP. Moreover all the communication which takes in the classroom is intended for the purpose of developing rapport and building learners’ self confidence and self reliance. Thus, a language teacher can train/ program his/ her students for better language output. NLP Milton Model focuses on the use of all such language patterns which Milton Erickson, a renowned therapists, employed with his clients such as: presupposition, mind read, lost performative, pace current experience, universal quantifier, embedded commands/questions, utilization, tag question, cause and effect, modal operator, lack of referential index, conversational postulate, unconditional acceptance, and tasking. The previous studies have not investigated the language patterns which the whole NLP seems to develop its concepts upon. To a great surprise, there is not enough material available to investigate the worth of these language variants. This study, has hitherto aimed at the exploration and explanation of language patterns proposed by Milton Erickson to discover their potential in ELT. The study has presented various examples of language patterns which can be employed by language teachers for effective pedagogy. Also, it reinforces the idea that the NLP principles are analogous to the principles of humanistic philosophy in the English language teaching practices.