Suggestopedia


Suggestopedia

"Often considered to be the strangest of the so-called "humanistic approaches", suggestopedia was originally developed in the 1970s by the Bulgarian educator Georgi Lozanov. Extravagant claims were initially made for the approach with Lozanov himself declaring that memorization in learning through suggestopedia would be accelerated by up to 25 times over that in conventional learning methods"

This method was born as an attempt to explore all the possibilities of the human brain in order to increase mental capacity and expand memory by stimulating the two hemispheres of the human brain. Born in the seventies with the psychologist professor Georgi Lozanov, who thought about the use of suggestion through music, relaxation, deep breathing, imagination and concert sessions to get apprentices to acquire a second language quickly, entertaining and effective

Suggestopedia frees students from the mental inhibitions and limitations imposed by social norms, for example: a student may think: "I don't have time" "It's too difficult", "I'm too old" but the suggestopedia contemplates these negative suggestions that inhibit human potential and release natural potential by replacing negative suggestions with positive ones that could be

 "You can do it", "everything is possible" so it is intended to give confidence to the students through active suggestion. Here, the teacher plays a fundamental role since it is he who must encourage the learners to believe in themselves, a suggestopedia teacher will hardly use threat or repression as conducive to teaching, It is true that conflict resolution in the classroom is sometimes a very arduous task, although from the point of view suggested here, the creativity and responsibility of the teacher must seek a balance that improves the activity educational


The main features of suggestopedia are:
  •    The use of music to relax learners
  •    The furniture, decoration and the arrangement of the classroom
  •    Teacher's authority plays a central role and he/she is the source of all information 




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