SUGGESTOPEDIA, also known as Desuggestopedia

SUGGESTOPEDIA, also known as Desuggestopedia

1. Suggestopedia is a specific set of learning recommendations derived from Suggestology, which Lozanov describes as a “science

   • Suggestopedia tries to harness these influences and redirect them so as to optimize learning.
     • The most conspicuous characteristics
       • they are: decoration, furniture, and arrangement of the classroom, the use of music, and the authoritative behavior of the teacher
         • “Memorization in learning by the suggestopedic method seems to be accelerated 25 times over that in learning by conventional methods” (Lozanov 1978: 27).
           • All students can be taught a given subject matter at the same level of skill

2. Theory of language and learning

   • “Whole meaningful texts” (Lozanov 1978: 268) and notes that the suggestopedic course directs “the student not to vocabulary memorization and acquiring habits of speech, but to acts of communication” (1978: 109).
     • Lozanov further claims that what distinguishes his method from hypnosis and other forms of mind control is that these other forms lack “a desuggestive-suggestive sense” and “fail to create a constant set up access to reserves through concentrative psycho-relaxation”
       • There are six principal theoretical components:
         • Infantilization
         • Double-planedness
         • Intonation
         • Rhythm
         • Concert pseudo-passiveness
         • Authority
       • Design: Objectives, syllabus, learning activities, roles of learners, teachers, and materials
         • The objectives of Suggestopedia are to deliver advanced conversational proficiency quickly. It bases its learning claims on student mastery of prodigious lists of vocabulary pairs and, indeed, suggests to the students that it is appropriate that they set such goals for themselves.

3. Suggestopedia course, characteristics and content Lasts 30 days Ten units of study Classes are held 4 hours a day for 6 days a week Central focus " dialogue consisting of 1,200 words " divided in lexis and grammar

4. Adventages and Disadvantages

   • ADVANTAGES
     • The methodology deliver to each students relaxation and comfort, besides trust. The knowledge learned arrive through more quickly Relaxation activities such as yoga, music, the friendly environment help students concentrate and memorize faster new vocabulaty Encourages students to learn more on their own components as authority among others : organizes the school environment between students and teachers
   • DISADVENTAGES
     • Maybe some students don't like the music or simply they would like an environment of silence to learn. The cost maybe is very expensive and not all students have access for this new methodology of study. If the teacher used all elements as music, yoga, soviet psychology the teaching is more slow.

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