The Lozanov Language Class.

Autor/in	Bancroft, W. Jane
Titel	The Lozanov Language Class.
Quelle	(1975), (53 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Audiovisual Instruction; Class Activities; Class Size; Dialogs (Literary); Educational Experiments; Educational Games; Educational Psychology; English; Exercise (Physiology); French; German; Grammar; Intensive Language Courses; Intonation; Italian; Language Instruction; Learning Activities; Memorization; Music Techniques; Pronunciation; Role Playing; Russian; Second Language Learning; Student Motivation; Teaching Methods; Vocabulary; Bulgaria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengröße; Schulversuch; Educational game; Lernspiel; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; English language; Englisch; Französisch; Deutscher; Grammatik; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs; Italienisch; Lernaktivität; Gedächtnistraining; Musikalische Technik; Aussprache; Rollenspiel; Russisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schulische Motivation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wortschatz; Bulgarien
Abstract	In Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Institute of Suggestology headed by Dr. Georgi Lozanov, yoga relaxation has been combined with the Mauger oral method to produce a unique system of foreign language teaching: Suggestopedia. In a pleasant classroom, 12 students sit in specail chairs in front of a teacher individually trained in the foreign language and in "suggestion." Classes meet six days a week for four hours. Each of the three courses in a given foreign language lasts a month. During the initial course, students memorize some 2,000 word-groups and corresponding grammar. A class session consists of three parts: (1) conversational review of previous lessons; (2) presentation of new material in the form of "realistic" dialogues; (3) the seance or relaxation session during which the new material is reinforced by the following techniques: coordination of sound and image; various intonations in the repetition of a given phrase; a background of 18th century baroque music; the acting out of the text. The seance features a coordination of breathing rhythm, speaking rhythm, and music rhythm and produces both relaxation and concentration. It is claimed that suggestopedia speeds up the assimilation of the basic elements of a foreign language and eliminates the stress of an intensive course. (Author/AM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC