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Suggestopedia was originally developed in the 1970s by the Bulgarian

psychotherapist Georgi Lozanov. It is used mostly to learn foreign
languages.

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.

The name of Suggestopedia is from the words “suggestion” and

“pedagogy.” It is a set of learning recommendations derived from
Suggestology, which Lozanov describes as “a science … concerned
with systematic study of the nonrational and/or non-conscience
influences” that human beings are constantly responding to.
Suggestopedia adopts a carefully structured approach, using four main stages as
follows:

1) Presentation
A preparatory stage in which students are helped to relax and move into a positive frame
of mind, with the feeling that the learning is going to be easy and fun.

2) First Concert - "Active Concert“

This involves the active presentation of the material to be learnt. For example, in a
foreign language course there might be the dramatic reading of a piece of text,
accompanied by classical music.

3) Second Concert - "Passive Review“

The students are now invited to relax and listen to some Baroque music, with the text
being read very quietly in the background. The music is specially selected to bring the
students into the optimum mental state for the effortless acquisition of the material.

4) Practice
The use of a range of games, puzzles, etc. to review and consolidate the learning.