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Direct linkLin, Huifen; Chen, Tsuiping – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
Cognitive load can be defined as the amount of mental effort that performing a specific task imposes on a learner's cognitive system. It can be measured by the number of new concepts embedded in a learning task. English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, with their limited English proficiency and minimal entry knowledge of a subject matter,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textDevitt, Sean M. – 1986
The use of mass media as a means of learning a foreign language from the beginning of language study is discussed. Using the media enables many of the features of the natural language acquisition process to be brought into play in a way that much current language teaching material does not. This position is supported by recent research into the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
