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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.
List of contents
The brain as background; the contribution of Lozanov; language acquisition/language learning - the pioneering work of Krashen, Asher and terrell; the ACT model of accelerative, full-spectrum learning; some "how-tos" of suggestion; the evocative power of words - speaking to the whole person; getting started right - crucial first impressions; the ACT text; music and the presentation of material; the activation phases - retrieving and using what is learned; error correction, grammar and homework; documented results 1 - the ACT courses at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; the ACT approach for the US Army - a documented experiment; testing - some personal thoughts on its use and abuse.
