the pulsator 60 and inner tub 20 are rotated simultaneously at a second predetermined speed after the pulsator is initially rotated at a first predetermined speed until a predetermined water level is reached the second predetermined speed is too slow to push the laundry toward an inner circumferential surface of the inner tub 20 referring to fig7 illustrating a washing machine control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention a dry laundry amount is sensed s 31 and the water level is set according to the sensed dry laundry amount s 32 water is supplied s 33 and a pulsator 60 is rotated at a first predetermined speed s 34 which is a relatively low speed consistent with the pulsator 39 s rotational speed in the first embodiment notably the steps s 33 and s 34 are performed concurrently until the water level set in the step s 32 is reached s 35 but the water supply continues while a step s 36 is performed to rotate the tub at a third predetermined speed until the water supply step is completed s 37 the third predetermined speed is higher than the second predetermined speed and is sufficient to generate a light centrifugal.