I was there this weekend.

Was very interesting and a LOT to get my head round!

Slowly getting to grips with SMAF now it's been explained.

He gave a talk about the below which was really interesting, a lot to digest

http://rogerabrantes.wordpress.com/2...-the-nonsense/

Excellent---he agrees with me!

Obviously he is right!

rune

yes rune, you are noteable as one of the regulars on here i have always noted that does express the similar ideas to mine as regards a 'non political' approach with better people skills etc.

I saw him a few years ago in Edinburgh and thought he was wonderful but have to say SMAF just isn't for me - have listened, digested, tried it out and decided it's just not me at all but I know others who have used since the seminar and love it.

It makes sense to me as I have to construct lesson plan, DLO and POA anyway in my job. I am going to experiment next week with it.

It makes sense and I could use it for lesson plans and in my job but it's just not for me but as I say I know folk who use it successfully and love it.

so i downloaded the SMAF manual last nite.
bear in mind i only a little bit so far.

S = signal, M = meaning F = form

the signal is 'me saying hello', meaning = the other person to turn around and look at me, form = the sound of the word 'hello' heard by other person/ this could take the form of a waved hand if the person is deaf, for example.

but their are 4 types of hello which require someone else to look at me require them to look at me for 4 different reasons:
1) hello: greeting
2) hello: annoyance, as in the shop assistant is ignoring me
3) hello: surpise of revelation/you are busted, as in the teacher has found the skiving child in the loos
4) hello: flirting

obviously these all relate to tone of voice, so would this not relate to sound and therfore "Form"?
Thus, where does "reason/context" fit into the equation?

What is the experiment?

skimming more of the SMAF manual it is pleasing to me that he is using the danish for good dog.
as i speak this and its such a superior sound for its purpose than the english phonetics.