ERIC Number: ED135207
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Publication Date: 1975
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A Teaching Experience with the Suggestopaedic Method. Reports, Studies, Conferences: Round Table with Dr. Lozanov.
Racle, Gabriel, Ed.
Experimental courses in learning French were given to Anglophone public servants under the Lozanov method (suggestopedia) as adapted for use in a Canadian situational context. This book (an English-French bilingual edition) describes the introduction of suggestopedia to Canada and provides information on and clarification of the principles and applications of the method. A Canadian team attended a training period in Sofia in September 1972. The preparatory period consisted of both theoretical training on the basic principles of the method, given by Dr. Lozanov, and practical training in the form of observation of groups of students or participation in a course in Russian, given by a professor of the institute. During the actual training period members of the team used the method to teach French to three groups of Bulgarian students. The first experimental courses in Canada were held from March to May 1973 and were given to four groups of twelve students each. The results of this first experiment were satisfactory, and a second experiment on a much larger scale was carried out between January and June 1974, with 172 students enrolled in the French courses and 26 in English courses. The results showed that the experimental groups far surpassed the control groups in speaking and listening performance. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Innovation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, French, Language Instruction, Language Programs, Learning Theories, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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Authoring Institution: Public Service Commission of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Staff Development Branch.
Identifiers - Location: Bulgaria; Canada
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