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Distinguishing Features 
Suggestopedia, great attention is paid to the environment. The seating is as comfortable as possible, the 
harsh, and music plays in the background. Colorful posters and charts are pinned to the wall. 
show attractive sights in the target language country. The charts contain grammatical 
es, students are invited to use their imaginations and to 
take on new names and new personalities in the target language. They are encouraged to visualize 
intellectual well-being are given equal weig
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clients. The teacher's role is to understand the learners' fears and vulnerabilities as they struggle to master 
another language. By being sensitive to the learners' fears, the teacher can turn the negative energy of 
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target language, has been recorded. This conversation is then transcribed and the teacher and learners 
discuss the transcription. Here, for instance, the teacher will point out that in French the adjective comes 
after the noun, and takes a singular or plural form. The group members then talk about how they have felt 
about their lesson. 
Impact on Your Classroom and Your Teaching 
Like the Silent Way, CLL is a method which works best in small groups and which requires special training 
for its teachers. But, also like the Silent Way, this method contains useful principles which you can easily 
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r expectations and goals clear, by coaching your students in examination strategies and by providing 
m to write and act plays or skits, and developing project work, you will accomplish two goals: you will give 
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teacher's tone is always calm as students are reassured that language learning is easy and fun. At the 
beginning of the lesson, the teacher briefly presents the vocabulary and grammar. The text for the day is 
given to the students; in the left column the text is in the target language; in the right column it is in the 
students' mother tongue. The teacher reads the text, while music plays in the background. The students 
relax, close their eyes and listen. For homework, the students are asked to read the text just before going to 
ed and on getting up in the morning. The teacher leads the class in role play, question and answer, and 
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