SUGGESTOPEDIA

  • How does the teacher start the lesson?

Greets the students in L1.

  • How is the movement of the teacher in the classroom?

Walks around the classroom.

  • Are the students active or passive?

Active.

  • Does the teacher use real objects, pictures etc?

All class is full of objects.

  • Does the teacher correct student errors? How?

The teacher doesn't explicitly correct. The teacher uses the correct one later. The students are independent to correct their mistakes. At the end the sts discover the correct one.

  • Does the teacher gives rules explicitly or implicitly?

Explicitly. The students feel secure that they learn the truth.

  • Does the teacher use L1 or L2 as classroom language?

Both of them. At the beginning levels the teacher use L1, frequently later L2 more often.

  • Is the teacher friendly?

Yes.

  • Which skill does the teacher heavily emphasize?

Speaking, listening.

  • Which language area is more emphasized? Grammar or vocabulary?

Vocabulary is more emphasized.

  • Does the teacher provide the learners with enough examples and exercises?

Yes.

  • Does the teacher emphasize pronunciation?

Yes.

  • For which level or age group do you think this method can be appropriate and for what purpose?

Adults. It can be used in any level but mostly it is effective at the beginning level.

Reviewing the principles

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Leader, authority. Sts just obey the teacher. They just do whatever the teacher wants.

Translation, Explicit / deductive grammar teaching, Memorisation of vocabulary / grammar rules.

The teacher initiates. There is little of sts' initiation. So mostly from teacher to student. S - S interaction: when one of the students asks one thing the other one answers it. If the peer cannot answer then the teacher tells the truth.

Sts' feelings are not important in this method.

Literal language is superior over spoken language. Culture is viewed as literature.

Both grammar and vocabulary. Reading and writing.

Meaning is made clear through using native language.

Give a passage and want them to translate. Vocabulary.

It is a must to give a correct answer. Your job is to teach vocabulary and grammar. Students errors are seen as a natural, indispensable part of the learning process. The teacher uses students' errors.