According to recent rese~rch, correction of errors in both oral and written communication does little to a~d language proficiency in the second language. In the Natural Approach of Krashen and Terrell the emphasis is on the acquisition of informal communication. Because the message and the understanding of the message remain of utmost importance, error correction is avoided. In Suggestopedia where the focus is also on communication, error correction is avoided as it inhibits the pupil. Onlangse navorsing het getoon dat die verbetering van foute in beide mondelinge en skriftelike kommunikasie min bydra tot beter taalvaardigheid in die tweede taal. In die Natural Approach van Krashen en Terrell val die klem op die verwerwing van informele kommunikasie, want die boodskap en die verstaan daarvan bly verreweg die belangrikste; die verbetering van foute word vermy. In Suggestopedagogiek, waar die klem ook op kommunikasie val, word die verbetering van foute vermy omdat dit die leerling beperk

The term Suggestopaedia which is used in this study, refers to the Westernized model, whichis a combination ofLozanov' s Suggestopedy, the Americanized SALT and various elementsand adaptations from other Western countries (see Appendix A). Suggestopaedia as aninnovative method of teaching languages has reportedly achieved exceptional results. Inview of these results and also of the dire need for more effective language teaching in SouthAfrica, it was decided to investigate the method thoroughly.

established by research between products of reading and readers' purposes suggests a teaching role of advising, guiding and ultimately evaluating readers' goals and routes, and, most difficult of all for a pedagogy accustomed to assessment against common yardsticks, the acceptance of a variety of provisional interpretations.

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