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Re: [xmca] Georgi Lozanov



Emily, as you could see from David's description there are many
possibilities to interpret the basic idea that positive emotional atmosphere
is beneficial for language learning. There were also different stages in
development of practice based on this idea finalized in communicative
approach in language learning and teaching. At 1984 (so long ago...) I had
an opportunity to interview some students (actually there were teachers of
Moscow Un.) who studied French at courses lead by Galina
Kitaigorodskaja. Then the approach was "strict" suggestopaedia"- no grammar,
no writing and/or reading. One of my interviewees revealed that finally he
is happy because he felt stupid at formal lessons at school and at the
university. Here he likes the atmosphere and he learns much more than ever
before. Another student said that he suffers because he can not deal with
such a heavy auditory load and he needs grammar in order to make sense of
what is going on. So he uses grammar book at home because otherwise he would
leave the program. Today you will not find so "strict" approach, they take
into account learning styles and other factors. And the method now has a
name of communicative approach (which does not exclude grammar, reading,
writing etc.)
G. Kitaigorodskaja has some publications.
Bella Kotik



On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu> wrote:

> Wow! Thank you David! I'm not an L2 person and this is very helpful.
> I had read a bit online, but honestly the name suggestopedia and the
> commercialism put me off.
> Thank you for the AA Leontiev reference; we'll dig into it.
> The Krashen endorsement is interesting - I'm not always in agreement with
> Krashen (though, what do I know) but I do appreciate his work.
> Sounds like we'll be doing some reading.
> Again, I appreciate the response, David.
>
>
> Emily Duvall, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
> Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
> Director, Northwest Inland Writing Project
> Program Coordinator, Elementary Education
> University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
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> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of David Kellogg
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 4:30 PM
> To: Culture ActivityeXtended Mind
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Georgi Lozanov
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> Em:
>
> Lozanov is the author of a particular language learning method variously
> called "suggestopaedia" or "super-learning" which regularly appears in
> language teachiing programmes but which very few people have actually used.
> (Language teaching programmes tend to try to be "survey courses" and pay
> little or no attention to issues like relative importance or even issues
> generally).
>
> Suggestopaedia is a kind of subliminal learning theory; it involves the use
> of, for example, Baroque music and carefully sequenced language learning
> material and the ever-popular (esp. in America) idea that "real" learning
> should be unconscious and painless, rather like major surgery.
>
> For reasons that have NEVER been made clear to me, A.A. Leontiev had very
> flattering things to say about Lozanov in his book "Psychology and the
> Language Learning Process" (Pergamon, 1981 pp. 110-130). He assimilates it,
> quite wrongly, to the much more consciousness oriented experiments of
> Uznadze, Leontiev, Makarenko, and even Vygotsky, and he refers to
> "suggestopaedia" as "truly scientific" and the basis for the "intensive
> learning" language practices of the USSR. Perhaps what attracted Leontiev
> was the emphasis on visual imaging and lowering the "affective filter"
> through the use of invented second language egos (Leontiev was very
> interested in the use of cinema in language teaching).
>
> Attitudes outside Bulgaria and Russia are much more ambivalent. A number of
> prominent researchers in mainstream applied linguistics were very skeptical,
> and some even denounced him as a charlatan. Steven Krashen, who considers
> that the real obstacle to processing "input" is something called the
> "affective filter", was predictably enthusiastic. The method is included in
> survey courses alongside things like Neuro-linguistic Programming, the
> "Silent Approach" and therapy-based approaches like Community Language
> Learning. He has become VERY commercial as of late; you occasionally see ads
> for "super learning" on the internet, alongside offers for foreign brides.
>
> David Kellogg
> Seoul National University of Education
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu> wrote:
>
>
> From: Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu>
> Subject: [xmca] Georgi Lozanov
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 10:55 PM
>
>
>
>
> A student of mine who lives in Bulgaria mentioned a Dr. Georgi Lozanov.
> Is anyone familiar with his work?
>
> ~em
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> Emily Duvall, PhD
>
> Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
>
> Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
>
> Director, Northwest Inland Writing Project
>
> Program Coordinator, Elementary Education
> University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
> 1031 North Academic Way, Suite 242 | Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
> T 208 292 2512 | F 208 667 5275 emily@uidaho.edu
> <mailto:barbm@uidaho.edu>  | www.cda.uidaho.edu
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Sincerely yours Bella Kotik-Friedgut
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