This information letter is the first issue in a series dedicated to suggestology and suggestopaedia. It consists of a brief history of suggestology in the Public Service Commission of Canada and an account of several international conferences where suggestology was discussed. Both English and French versions of this information letter are…

Discusses the role of speed in second language learning, specifically the idea that speech in teaching leads to speed in learning. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This issue consists of the following: an article entitled "Suggestopaedia and Language Teaching, International Perspective"; an article which discusses possible adaptations of the Bulgarian Suggestopaedia - A New Method of Teaching Foreign Languages"; and bibliographical notes from Canada and Bulgaria announcing new publications on…

This issue consists of the following: a "minilexicon" of terms directly or indirectly related to the field of suggestion and learning; the translation of an article by T. Tachev entitled "Learning Foreign Languages by Suggestion: The Unsuspected Possibilities of Human Memory"; a review of the book "An Introduction to…

This issue of the information letter consists of two articles, "Music Therapy" and "Research and Applications of Psychomusical Techniques"; a review of the book, "La musicotherapie et les methods nouvelles d'association des techniques" by Guilhot and Cecourt, and a bibliography of books on music therapy written in…

A brief study of the psychological dimensions of learning in relation to foreign language instruction for adults. Suggestopaedia takes into account suggestive factors which constantly influence us without our being aware of them. Psychology and counselling techniques have much to contribute to this field. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Experiments have been conducted in Canada to determine whether the suggestopedic method is adaptable to the North American situation. Courses developed for teaching French and English closely followed the Bulgarian model. An approach was developed which sought to meet the needs of students of varying degrees of language proficiency. A symposium…

This issue presents the original English version and a French translation of a text written at the Sofia Institute of Suggestology around April 1971. The document defines suggestology and suggestopedia, and traces the development of the suggestopedic method, from the first collective experiments aimed at attaining suggestive hypermnesia carried…

This issue presents an article entitled "Suggestology and Management," by Gabriel Racle, which establishes a connection between the two fields and shows how a suggestological approach to management could help emphasize the value of the role and status of managers and those managed. In response to requests from readers of the newsletter,…