Desuggestopedia Teaching Method Quiz

What role does native-language take in the teaching-learning process?

• • Native-language usage comforts the learners and sets up a relaxing environment.

• • Native-language translation makes the meaning of the dialogue or texts clear.

• • Target language is learnt in the same way as the first language is acquired.

• • Native-language translation is only used in intermediate and advanced level classes.

Which of the following statements is the most appropriate about the planes in which communication takes place in desuggestopedia?

• A Conscious plane : linguistic message is encoded.

• B Subconscious plane : Music and other suggestive factors.

• C Receptive plane : Learners attend to the teacher's enactment.

• D Productive plane : Students speak and interact in L2 naturally.

Which of the following is not true about indirect suggestions in learning?

• They desuggest barriers through indirect positive remarks.

• They are more powerful than direct suggestions.

• They appeal to the students’ consciousness.

• They convince the learners that success is obtainable.

What areas of language are emphasized?

• Vocabulary and grammar are both emphasized equally.

• Vocabulary is emphasized, while grammar is ignored.

• Grammar is emphasized, while vocabulary is ignored.

• Vocabulary is emphasized, grammar is dealt with minimally.

How does the teacher respond to student errors?

• The teacher ignores student errors.

• The teacher criticizes student errors.

• The teacher corrects student errors gently.

• The teacher corrects student errors loudly and publicly.

Why are the students encouraged to take up new identities?

• To cultivate a sense of collective belonging while maintaining individual autonomy.

• To facilitate the exploration of diverse perspectives and experiences.

• To promote group thinking through role-playing.

• To feel less inhibited and express themselves freely.

Which of these scientists are considered important to the development of the desuggestopedia method?

• Georgi Lozanov and Evelina Gateva

• Caleb Gattegno and Jerome Bruner

• James J.Asher and Charles A.Curran

• Harold Palmer and A.S.Hornby

What term refers to the idea that students can learn from what is present in the environment, even if their attention is not directly focused on it?

• Passive Learning

• Peripheral Learning

• Visual Learning

• Receptive Learning

Which among the following is not a disadvantage of the method?

• Desuggestopedia is not applicable for intensive language courses.

• Treating students in a childish way (infantilisation of learning).

• Difficulty in accommodating a large number of students in the class.

• Desuggestopedia is considered as pseudo-science without scientific basis.

Why are students asked to read the dialog at night and in the morning?

• Because these times enhance encoding and improve long-term memory retention

• Because the mental reserve capacities function two times better at night.

• Because the boundary between the conscious and subconscious is most blurred.

• Because reading at these times enhances logical reasoning and critical thinking.