Role of Working Memory in SLA
This cognitive system is responsible for temporarily storing and processing information during language tasks like comprehension and production (Ellis, 176).
What is working memory?
Attention is both limited and _________.
What is selective?
This model, inspired by how video games engage players, emphasizes clear goals, timely feedback, and levels of increasing challenge.
What is the Video Game Model of Learning?
Working memory is believed to play a crucial roll in _______.
What is intake?
In the noticing hypothesis, Schmidt distinguished ______ and noticing.
What is perception.
According to McTighe & Willis, video games provide this kind of feedback, which helps players adjust their strategies in real time.
What is immediate feedback?
Attention takes place in working memory which is limited in ________.
What is capacity?
All cognitive theories - with the exception of Processability Theory - emphasize the importance of _______ for language learning
What is attention?
The Video Game Model keeps learners engaged by offering this kind of challenge—not too easy to be boring, and not too hard to be discouraging.
What is Achievable Challenges?
Ellis (2015) suggests that learners with limited working memory may benefit more from this type of language instruction, which minimizes the cognitive demands of rule-focused learning. (p. 178)
What is implicit instruction?
The _________ Hypothesis claims that 'people learn about the things they attend to and do not learn much from the things they do not attend to'
What is Noticing?
The video game model can be applied in the classroom to promote engaged attention, sustained effort, and ________.
What is perseverance?