3. Origin
“Suggestion” and “Pedagogy”
- a set of learning recommendations derived from
suggestology.
It was originally developed in the 1970’s
Drew from Soviet psychological research and yoga.
- Draws the importance of relaxation of mind for
maximum retention of material
- “all students can be taught a given subject matter at
the same level of skill’ Jack c. Richards
4. In the classroom
Extended dialogues, often several pages in
length, accompanied by vocabulary lists and
observations on grammatical points. Typically these
dialogues would be read aloud to the students to the
accompaniment of music.
The most formal of these readings, known as the
“concert reading” . This could be a pleasurable
event, with the learners free to focus on the music, the
text or both. The rhythm and intonation of the
reading would be exaggerated in order to fit with the
rhythm of music.
5. Less formal reading would employ a
lighter, less striking piece of music, such as a
piece of Baroque music and less prominent
role.
During both types of reading the learners
would sit in a comfortable seats and
stimulating environment in terms of décor
and lightning.
After reading the with the accompaniment of
music the teacher would then make use of the
dialogues for more conventional language
work
6. The most important characteristics of
this method are:
Decoration
Furniture
Arrangement of the
classroom
Authoritative behavior of
the teacher
The use of soft Baroque
music (this makes the
method unique)
7. Three functions of music in therapy :
(Gaston, 1968)
To facilitate establishment and maintenance
of personal relations
To bring about increased self-esteem through
increased self-satisfaction in musicial
performance
To use the unique potential of rhythm to
energize and bring order (the reason for the
use of music in Suggestopedia)
8. Approach
Bancroft states that there are six
principle theoretical components of
Suggestopedia:
Authority
Infantilization
Double-planedness
Intonation, rhythm, and concert
pseudo-passiveness
9. Authority
give control and authority to the
teacher completely
What makes a teacher authoritive?
self-confidence
Personal distance
Acting ability
Possitive attitude
11. Double-plannedness
Learner learns not only
from
- direct instruction
but also
- bright decor of the
classroom, musicial background, shape
of the calssroom, personality of the
teacher.
15. Roles of Learners
Pseudo-passiveness state
Acting childishly
Not to figure out
Not to manipulate
Not to study material
16. Roles Of Teachers
According to Lozanov, teachers
should give attention to
o Absolute confidence
o His/her manners and dress
o Organizing the lesson
(music choice, punctuality)
o Responding tactfully
o Modest enthusiasm
17. Role of Materials
Direct Supported Materials:
Texts
Tape
Indirect Supported Materials:
Classroom fixtures
Music
Text books
Learning environment
18. Criticisms
Disadvantages
Hardness of finding colorful environment
Negative effects of direct translation
Concentration problems
Advantages
Through Suggestopedia we learn to trust the power
of mind.
We learn the deliberately included states of
relaxation
The benefit from the use of music to get student sit
back and relax.
19. Conclusion
Learning is facilitated by environment
and music.
Teacher is the authority.
Psychological barriers are removed.
In texts target language and its native
language are given.