linguistic

NLP Essentials: Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Personal Power and Influence (2 DVD's)
$89.95
The authors statement "How to use cutting edge language patterns to influence people" shows that he is truly ignorant to the basic concept of NLP. The quality of this material reflects the same attitude. Anybody that works with NLP concepts will figure out quickly that it can be used to change yourself and to help others willing to change themselves. Nobody has the power to influence someone that does not wish to be influenced. IMHO the author is not serious about the topic and yet another reason why NLP has such a bad reputation in the public eye.

The Big Book Of NLP Techniques: 200+ Patterns & Strategies of Neuro Linguistic Programming
$39.99
I expected this to be delivered in a large page manual type book and was looking for a flat mailing type package. I was surprised to find a thick box on my porch and when I opened it I saw why. This book is approximately 2 1/2 - 3 inches thick or more. It is well written and can be used by a beginner to a master NLP worker with great value. I am very pleased with the quality, depth and practicality of the material it contains. Like others I have only two suggestions and that would be that in the next printing to make this a spiral bound or note book style resource so it could be more easily laid wide open. The second thought would be to have an index to alphabetically finding things easier as it is packed with excellent material you will turn to for many many years and will be a standard for training resources. This has the potential of being an on going multiple volume encyclopedia over the coming years. You will not be disappointed and it is surprising that this resources is not more in the $50 to $100 dollar or more price range for all it contains and the effort it took to compile and put so much information into a powerfully usable format. We need more authors like this who are both creative, practical in thinking, well researched and pulling together the wealth of variety and approaches with in the NLP community at large vs just their own ideas.

Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammar
$37.50
I picked up this book from a university bookstore because I was interested in background knowledge in linguistics to help guide reading instruction. This book is a typical "we are right (whole language) and you are wrong (phonics)" debate. The authors refer to themselves as "sociopsycholinguists" which I took to be the new term for whole language teachers. I don't want to waste my time reading about the whole language vs. phonics debate anymore, I just wanted the research and background provided by linguistic study. This book just seemed to be a rehashing of whole language theories; and why they are correct and the phonics approach is wrong with little classroom strategies (which is what I wanted from the book). I wanted different ways I could use to help struggling readers no matter what the theory, I don't feel this was a good book for that.

Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication
$46.00
This is a great book... I had to read it in a period of 9 weeks; and that is a lot for me, I like taking my time, but with this book I only wanted to keep going. The definitions were simple and I did not have to go back and read again because I got lost somewhere in the text.