ABSTRACT

This edition represents a thorough reworking, expansion and updating of an earlier work, distributed in manuscript from under the title Acquisition through Creative Teaching (ACT). This book is written for teachers, that is, for a wide range of professional communicators and facilitators of learning. It is designed as a practical guide for teachers who wish to learn how to use the art of suggestion to help students tap remarkable brain capacities.

chapter Chapter 1|9 pages

The Brain as Background

chapter Chapter 2|9 pages

The Contribution of Lozanov

chapter Chapter 3|17 pages

Language Acquisition / Language Learning

The Pioneering Work of Krashen, Asher and Terrell

chapter Chapter 5|9 pages

Some “How-To’s” of Suggestion

chapter Chapter 6|16 pages

The Evocative Power of Words

Speaking to the Whole Person

chapter Chapter 7|11 pages

Getting Started Right

Crucial First Impressions

chapter Chapter 8|5 pages

The ACT Text

chapter Chapter 9|11 pages

Music and the Presentation of Material

chapter Chapter 10|10 pages

The Activation Phases

Retrieving and Using What Is Learned

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

Error Correction, Grammar And Homework

chapter Chapter 12|21 pages

Documented Results I

The Act Courses at the University of Massachusetts at Boston

chapter Chapter 13|25 pages

The Act Approach for the U.S. Army

A Documented Experiment

chapter Chapter 14|9 pages

Testing

Some Personal Thoughts on Its Use and Abuse