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ERIC ED108475: The Lozanov Language Class.

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 assimilatio

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