Suggestopedia is a language teaching method developed by Georgi Lozanov that aims to accelerate language learning through relaxation, positive suggestion, and tapping into students' mental potential. Some key aspects of the method include a comfortable classroom environment with music, colorful posters, and role-playing exercises. The teacher acts as an authority figure who can help students overcome psychological barriers to learning through suggestion, while students are encouraged to actively participate through activities like reading dialogs. Proponents claim the method can teach languages 3 to 5 times faster than conventional methods, though it may be difficult to use traditional textbooks and relies more on communicative skills than explicit grammar instruction.

1. State of Libya
Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research
Misurata University _ Faculty of arts
English Department
Presented by : Aisha S. Elrwiate
Suggestopedia

2. The originator o
Desuggestopedia…
. Georgi Lozanov.
. A Bulgarian psychiatrist
and educator.
. “ Learning is a matter
of attitude, not
aptitude.”

3. What is the
suggestopedia
Suggestopedia is an innovative
method that promises great
effective language learning
results. Lozanov claimed that
by using this method one can
teach languages approximately
three to five times as quickly
as conventional methods.

4. There is an
affective
atmosphere
Activates mental
potential and student
feel responsible for
their own language.
Some advantages and disadvantages
of using Suggestopedia Method
Students feel
more
relaxed
Language learning
comes more
effective than
method.
They learn 3 or 4 times
quicker than
conventional method
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Traditional books
cannot be used in a
suggestopedic class .

5. -- To accelerate the process by which students
learn to use a foreign language for everyday
communication.
_ To tapped the mental power of students ( by
desuggesting the psychological barriers learner)
Reviewing the
principles
.1. What is the goals of
teachers who use
Desuggestopedia?

6. What is the role of the teacher? What is
the role of the students?
_ Teacher is the authority in the classroom
_ If students trust their teacher, they will be more confident
which leads to less limitation for them.

7. _ Students must be comfortable which is
provided by easy chairs, dim lighting and soft
music.
_ Posters are hung around the door which
enhances grammar learning.
_ Handouts are given to students which contain
dialogues, also some notes are written down
about grammar and vocabulary.
What are some
characteristics of the
teaching/learning
process?

8. What is the nature of st-teacher
interaction? What is the nature of
st-st interaction?
- Teacher starts the interaction
with students.
- At the beginning, students
generally give nonverbal response
after they get more acquisition
they response verbally and they
may start interaction.
- Teacher directs students’
interaction with different activities.

9. _If students are relaxed and
confident, they will not need to try
hard to learn the language.
_Desuggested the psychological
barriers that students bring with
them.
_A new identity makes students
feel more secure and thus more
open to learning.
How are the feelings of the students
dealt with ?

10. Language is first and
factors are the second plane
in two-plane process of
communication.
Culture is daily life of
people. Also using of fine-
arts is common.
How is language viewed? How is culture
viewed?

11. Speaking is
communicatively done,
reading skill is done and
writing skill.
Grammar is minimally
emphasized
Vocabulary is
emphasized
What areas of language are
emphasized? What language skills are
emphasized?

12. - Native language is used in
translation and also
sometimes teacher is using
native language for
instructions.
– Using of native language
becomes less when the course
proceeds.
What is the role of the
students’ native
language?

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How is evaluation accomplished?
Students are
evaluated on their
performance on
class, not with
formal test which
creates stressful
mood on the
students.

14. At the begging of the
courses, teacher does not
give immediate correction
but after he gives it.
How does the teacher respond
to student errors?

15. The
Techniques

16. Classroom Set-up
-Armchair
-Light is comfortable
-Everything is bright and
colorful
-Posters
-Music

17. Peripheral Learning
Students can absorb
information "effortlessly"
when it is perceived as part
of the environment, rather
than the material "to be
attended to.

18. Positive Suggestion
- Direct suggestion
- Indirect suggestion

19. Choose a New Identity
This enhances
students’ feeling of
security and allows
them to be more open.

20. Role-play
pretend temporarily they
are someone else and
perform in the target
language.

21. Active concert
T does a slow, dramatic reading of
the dialog synchronized in
intonation with classical music.
Passive concert
The students are asked to put their
scripts aside. They simply listen as
the teacher reads the dialogue.

22. Primary Activation
The students playfully reread the
target language dialog out loud.
Creative Adaptation
The students engage in different
activities designed to help them
learn the new material and use it
spontaneously.

23. Conclusion
In conclusion, Suggestopedia is a method
of teaching a language in which learners
learn speedily by being made to feel
relaxed, interested and positive. The
development of this method was because
of the argument that students naturally
face psychological barriers to learning.

24. Thank you for
listening