Suggestopedia

TECHNIQUES IN SUGEESTOPEDIA

Classroom Set-up: A classroom doesnot look like a normal classroom. Teacher should create a classroom environment which is bright and cheerful. It should be a quiet room which is full of light and fresh air. The chairs are arranged in a semi-circle. There are plants in the corners and posters on the walls.

Peripheral Learning: We perceive much more in our environment than that to which we conciously attend. Ss can absorb information effortlessly when it is perceived as a part of environment, rather than the material ‘ to be attended’. It is claimed that, putting posters containing grammatical information about the target language on the classroom walls, will enable ss to absorb the necessary facts effortlessly. The posters are changed from time to time to provide grammatical information that is appropriate to what the ss are studying. A student can learn from what is present in the environment, even if his attention isnot directed to it.

Positive Suggestion: Teacher is the crucial point. It is teacher’s responsibility to create the suggestive factors in a learning situation so that s/he can help ss break down the barriers to learning that they bring with them.
Teachers can do this through direct and indirect means;
conscious (direct) ‘you will be successful’
subconcious (indirect) ‘to want is to be able to’ (the teacher can bring a text titled with encouraging statements to activate the subconscious part of the students.)

Choose a new identity: Ss choose a target language name and a new occupation. They create imaginary biographies about their fictional selves. They wear hats. From now on, it is the character who talks and makes the mistake not the student himself. Role

Play: Ss take a new identity and perform a role using the target language. Ss are asked to pretend temporarily that they are someone else and to perform in the target language as if they were that person. And they introduce themselves.They feel less inhibited since their performance is really that of a different person.That gives impression that learning is pleasent and easy and it creates a relaxed group atmosphere.
Primary Activation: Ss reread the target language dialog out loud as individual or in groups.
Creative Adaptation
: The focus is not on the liguistic message, just communicative intent is important. There are some activities such as singing, dancing, dramatizations, games(ball game),question-answer exercise

Visualization: Ss are asked to close their eyes and visualize scenes and events. Teacher invites ss to take a mental trip which activates imagination. It helps learning.

Music:ıt activates the subconcious part. Intonation with the music is an essential element for being influential on both planes; conscious and unconscious.

NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Students just read the dialogs at night before they go to bed and in the morning when they wake up.

Optimal learning

They are evaluated through in-class performance. Formal tests create a threat to the relaxed atmosphere which is considered essential for accelerated learning.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND THE DISADVANTAGES OF SUGGESTOPEDIA?

ADVANTAGES
Cheerful learning environment, thinking highly of students’ feeling,humanistic arouse students’ interests and potential to memorize
Activate ‘paraconscious’ part
The emphasis of interaction
The treatments to students’ mistakes
Speaking communicatively Vocabulary
Autonomous learner
No anxiety, no fear
Long term memory Motivation
Success
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SS AND THE TEACHER?
TEACHER
Authority
Guide
Prompter
Encourage
Desuggesting the psychological barriers
Creativity
Be confident and trustable
Create a cheerful atmosphere



Freeman, Diane Larsen. ‘ Desuggestopedia’. Techniques and Principles in Language Learning. Eds. Russell N. Campbell and

br.con.org/professionals.htm www.wikipedia.net www.nuveform.com





DISADVANTAGES
Absence of tests
Different characteristics between students
Diffuciulty in applying in each situation
Economic factors
No homework
Music??






STUDENT
Respect and trust
Security
Relaxed
Confident
Spontaneous
Less inhibited
Following instructions easily




PREPARED BY PELİN DOĞAN
SİBEL YÜZÜK
RAHİME ÇOKAY