LOZANOV AND THE

TEACHING TEXT
I. Summary of Lozanovs ideas and teaching
method
II. Example of the lesson cycle
III. Designing materials (Language & Grammar)
Grethe Hooper
Hansen
Source: Tomlinson, B. (1999). Materials development in language teaching.
Cambridge: CUP.
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Question 1
What teaching method did
Lozanov create?

Suggestopedia

Silent Way
Direct Method

Audio-lingual Method
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Question 2
Which hemisphere does
Suggestopedia develop?

Left hemisphere

Right hemisphere
Both

None

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Question 3
What is the most conspicuous
technique that is used to aid
learning?


Body movement

Music
Experiment

Rote

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Question 4
Learners learn target language
unconsciously through .....


Peripheral learning

Text absorption
Playful activities

All are correct.

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Question 5
How is the language in the
text?

Emotional

Vivid
Melodious

All are correct.

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Summary of
Lozanovs ideas &
teaching method


Georgi Lozanov late 60s
Significant features:





Foundation of Multi-level Learning /
Accelerated Learning
SUGGESTOPEDIA
Desuggesting psychological barriers to
learning
Using full mental powers
Unconscious learning Non-directive
teaching
Desuggesting psychological
barriers to learning

New identity
Music
Playful activities
Positive suggestion
Using full mental powers


Unconscious learning
Non-directive teaching

Text absorption
Peripheral learning
Playful activities
Example of the
lesson cycle

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INTRODUCTION
Introducing the text, including
target grammar & vocabulary
Listening, asking
FIRST CONCERT
Reading aloud to classical
music
Listening, reading, following
the translation
SECOND CONCERT
Reading again to Baroque
music
Listening, eyes closed,
relaxed
ELABORATION
Presenting grammar briefly in
context
Organizing playful activities

Reading aloud
Activities, games, drama,
songs








Designing materials
(Language &
Grammar)
READING TEXT
Including target grammatical structures
and vocabulary
Interesting meaningful text
Natural flowing dialogue
Layout: Column form
English TEXT

SENSE UNITS
Underlined
keywords


Grammar Translation
LANGUAGE
Richness & Complexity
START
LANGUAGE
Vivid
Melodi
ous
Emotio
nal
Aesthe
tic
Poetic
Metaphors
Symbols
P
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S
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T
V
E

Humor
Tongue
Twisters
Proverbs /
Sayings
Wordplays
Success
Poetry
Paintings
a cold heart, the finest mind


Where theres a will, theres a way.



The road was plated by brilliant lights of the
golden sun,
sweet heavenly melodies of birds songs
calm and sparkling water in the sun
swans cheerfully soaking up the sunlight
a vast prairie covered by a beautiful carpet
of green grass, colorful flowers and
fluttering butterflies wings

Metaphors
Proverbs /
Sayings
Poetic language
GRAMMAR
Overt presentation Non-conscious reception
1
st

ELABORATI
ON
Grammar: coming from text
Gramma. presentation:
- Spontaneous - Brief
- Incomplete Textual
puzzle
- Visual, auditory, kinaesthetic
diff. learning styles
2
nd

ELABORATI
ON
Playful games (e.g circulation
game, singing, puppets /
masks)
Communicative games
GRAMMAR
All forms of a
grammar point are
introduced
accordingly.
GLOBALITY
Meaning should be
apparent in the text.