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McLaughlin, Barry; And Others – Language Learning, 1983
The ways that children and adults use their limited cognitive processes in comprehending the complex input of a second language are discussed, and an information-processing approach to second-language learning is proposed and supported in a number of areas of second language research. Implications for research and teaching are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Information Theory, Language Processing
Bai, Jianhua – 1992
This discussion of the development of oral proficiency in a second language first examines relevant research and then suggests guidelines for designing classroom techniques for teaching oral proficiency. Research in cognitive psychology is reviewed, focusing on information processing theory and forgetting theory. Research discussed in the area of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Psychology, Information Processing, Language Proficiency