Georgi Lozanov, a Bulgarian psychologist, introduced what he undoubtedly thought an original and brilliant premise: ” students naturally set up psychological barriers to learning – based on fears that they will be unable to perform and are limited in terms of their ability to learn.”
Anyone who has ever taught American Junior High school could have told him that.
Adults, particularly, have what I call, “the embarrassment factor” when it come to learning a new language. The thought of losing face is a hindrance to learning a language.
Lozanov held the idea that the human brain could retain and process much more if a more ideal learning environment (conditions) could be achieved. A kind of hypnosis-like hocus-pocus was thought to help the learner overcome self-perceived limitations. He set about creating a method in which an ultimate state of relaxation could be reached, thus increasing the amount of material one needed to learn.
Baroque music was used to facilitate this state of relaxation and ultimate concentration. Extremely comfortable chairs, soft lighting, and a general manipulation of the classroom environment...
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