Implementing Suggestopedia and Memory Training in the Foreign Language Classroom

Abstract

The suggestopedia approach consists of four basic stages of activity. They are: exposition, concert (active and passive), elaboration, and practice. During the presentation stage, students are encouraged to think positively about learning and how enjoyable it can be. During this stage, the teacher creates the most comfortable and joyful classroom environment for the kids. During the active concert, the teacher reads a text, which the kids repeat After then, in the passive concert, the teacher plays some baroque music in the background while reading the text aloud to the students. In the elaboration, the teacher informs the pupils that they will do something after the concert, such as make a film or play video games. During the practice stage, teachers employ games, puzzles, and other activities to review student understanding. This study intends to describe teacher activities during the presentation, concert, elaboration, and practice stages.The researcher used descriptive qualitative as the research method since the goal of this study is to describe the teacher's actions throughout the application of the Suggestopedia Method, and there is no treatment in this study.