Suggestopedia

Techniques that would be use from this method

Class organization: the teacher's challenge is to create a classroom environment that is cheerful and clear.

Peripheral learning: This technique is based on the idea that we perceive much more than we consciously acquire from the environment.

Positive suggestion: it is the teacher's responsibility to create factors that aid learning and this is achieved by removing barriers.

Pros and cons

pros

Dialogues based on cultural aspects but prepared by the teacher according to the level of the student. • Relaxed atmosphere. • Attention is paid to the development of adequacy.

cons

• The method works in small class groups, so it is difficult to do it if we have 25 or more students.

Author

Georgi Kirilov Lozanov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on July 22, 1926. Dr. in Medicine, neuropsychiatrist and psychotherapist

background

In the early 1960s Dr. Georgi Lozanov, creator of Suggestology,
begins to focus its investigations towards objectives educational activities by organizing peripheral suggestive stimuli in a
systematized in order to uncover reserve capacities and orient them to
enhance learning; As a result of this, the Suggestopedia is born.

Principals

Authority in the teacher.

Infantilization (teach with games).

Class preparation and improve the environment.

Intonation and rhythm.

The type of music.

Teacher´s and learner´s role

learner´s role

The student exercises a passive role (he should not try to find out, manipulate or study the material presented, but must retain a pseudo-passive state, which allows the material to surround him) and active at the same time, since, in specific activities, it is encouraged your active participation.

Teacher´s role

The primary role of the teacher is to create situations in which the student is more receptive and then to present linguistic material in a way that allows for more positive student retention.