The ACT Approach: The Use of Suggestion for Integrative LearningThe ACT Approach provides a detailed description of ways to establish and conduct an optimal learning environment. Drawing on specific examples from his own classes, Dhority explores the remarkable phenomenon of suggestion, an aspect of our reality to which we normally pay little attention.he shown teachers, professional communicators and facilitators of learning how, when used purposefully and consciously, suggestion can become a powerful tool for enhancing teaching and learning experiences. Presented primarily as a model for foreign language acquisition, it can be adapted for teaching and learning nearly everything. |
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF LOZANOV | 11 |
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | 21 |
Two Successful Models for Second Language Acquisition | 29 |
THE ACT MODEL OF ACCELERATIVE | 39 |
The Role of the Teacher | 45 |
RapportBuilding Techniques | 51 |
THE EVOCATIVE POWER OF WORDS | 59 |
A Guided Fantasy Recalling a Positive | 65 |
Musical Relaxed Global | 97 |
THE ACTIVATION PHASES | 105 |
The Accelerative Snowball Effect | 113 |
DOCUMENTED RESULTS I | 123 |
THE ACT APPROACH FOR THE U S ARMY | 145 |
TESTING | 171 |
APPENDICES | 181 |
REFERENCES | 209 |
Commentary | 71 |
GETTING STARTED RIGHT | 75 |
Supplementary Materials for Grammar and Practice | 90 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 221 |
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