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Georgi Lozanov (22 de julio de 1926, Sofía, Bulgaria)

 LEARNING THEORY
 Psychological barriers should be removed
 AUTHORITY
 People remember best when the new
information comes from reliable
authoritative source.
 INFANTILIZATION
 The learner takes part in role playing,
games, songs and gymnastic exercises that
help the older student regain the self
confidence, spontaneity and receptivity of
the child.
DOUBLE-PLANEDNEES
 The learner learns from the environment.
 INTONATION
 Varying intonation of the presend
material helps to avoid boredom.
 RHYTHM
 Materials presented with varying rhythm
and tones are more interesting.
CONCERT PSEUDO-PASSIVENESS
 Materials should be accompanied by
music.
 THE CULTURE
 Students learn the culture of the people
who speak the language they are
learning
 Teachers’ role
 The teacher = authority
 The students have trust and respect that
autority.
Authority

trust
respect
 Student’s role:
 Students play a child's role because they
adopt a new identity

Name
Job

Family
 Interactions
 Students-students
 Teacher-students

Pair work Group work

 Vocabulary Teaching
 Vocabulary is emphasised.
 Comments and explanation about the
meanings can be provided in L1.
 Grammar Teaching
 Grammar is taught explicitly but
minimally. explicit grammar rules are
provided in student's L1
 Materials
 Dialogues
 Text
 Textbook posters
 SYLLABUS
A course:
Lasts 30 days and ten units of study.
Each unit has a long dialogue consisting of
1200 words.
Grammar review and commentary section
with a list of vocabulary.
 ROLE OF L1
 L1 is used to make the meaning of
dialogues clear.
 EVALUATION
 Evaluation: on students "in class
performances“ with the relaxed
atmosphere
 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
 To accelerate the process to learn to use
a foreign language for everyday
communication.
 ERROR CORRECTION
 Error are not corrected immediately
because the emphasis is on
communication.
 Student’s Feelings
 Students should feel:

Secure
Relaxed

Self-confidence
Comfortable
dim lights, soft music, cushioned armchairs, and
posters on the walls
Teacher tells students Provid of music
they are going to be and conditions of
successful to create
the classroom.
self-confidence.
Posters, lists, charts, texts, paintings,
and graphs
Classical music Sts close their eyes
and listen as the
Teacher begin to teacher reads with
music
reading slow of
The finish concert,
way dramatic the
class nds for the
rhythm of music. day.
 •The students do activities
The students read such as singing, dancing,
the dialoge in the dramatisng and playing
target lenguajes games.
aloud (individuals or •The order to make
to group) also they students Focus on
can read of way comunication, activities
varied
sadly, angrily, and
amorously. •The comunication is very
important.
 SKILLS
 Speaking and listening is the best in this
method.
Thanks for your
attention