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HOW TO TEACH THE WHOLE BEING IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORLD THE CASE OF SUGGESTOPAEDIA
HOW TO TEACH THE WHOLE BEING IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORLD THE CASE OF SUGGESTOPAEDIA

Author(s): Liliana Maruntelu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Holistic learning; education; suggestopaedia; teaching method; learning techniques

Summary/Abstract: The holistic approach encourages students to be confident and independent learners, the process of learning becoming a way of self improvement that explicitly integrates both the self and the social context of learning and teaching, taking into account the needs of the individual learner in the interaction. Its premise is that the social context of the interaction is significant. According to it, the connections that take place within this social action are the foundation for developing critical learners together with experiential knowledge of learners and teachers who are supposed to improve the quality of the teaching situation and levels of achievement of learners. The case of Suggestopaedia is mentioned in this essay because of its impressive impact on the 20th and 21st century methodology of language acquisition, being a method that embraces the human being in all her/his integrity: body, mind and soul.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 065-070
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English