An introduction to Suggestopaedia

What is Suggestopaedia?

Suggestopedia is a teaching-learning methodology whose main aim is to activate the learners’ untapped reserves of the brain/psyche. It was developed in the 1970s in Sofia by the neuropsychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr. Georgi Lozanov with his colleagues at the Research Institute of Suggestology at the University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridsky’ and later with the contribution of the linguist, researcher in Musical Pedagogy and creator of the suggestopaedic art, Dr. Evelina Gateva.

It is actually the application of Suggestology in the field of Pedagogy. 

What is Suggestology?

Suggestology was founded by Dr Georgi Lozanov as the science of suggestion. Suggestion is a universal phenomenon playing a major role in every communicative instance of everyday life. In Dr. Lozanov’s words, “we are constantly surrounded by suggestive influences. If we study them and become aware of them, then we are in a better position to choose which ones we want to be influenced by”.