L2 = L1 Hypothesis L2 = L1 Hypothesis (also known as the ‘identity hypothesis’) has received considerable attention in SLA research as it raises a number of important theoretical issues. These concern whether the language acquisition device which mentalists claim is responsible for L1 acquisition is available to L2 learners. The similarities in learner language…
Reading and listening practice on how to stay calm in crucial moments with a video and its transcript Listening practice on how to stay calm Lecturer, author or publisher: Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen on TED-Ed YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube Reading practice on how to stay calm Your favorite athlete closes in…
Music IELTS Listening Reading Practice Music IELTS Listening Reading Practice IELTS Reading Practice Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/healthy_mind/keep-your-brain-young-with-music Keep Your Brain Young with Music Music can be medicine for your mind, with benefits from memory improvement to stress relief. Learn what Johns Hopkins experts are discovering—and how you can put it to use. If you want to firm up your…
Smartphones IELTS Listening Reading Practice Smartphones IELTS Listening Reading Practice Selected Text (below 500 words) Source: https://qz.com/1278770/does-moviepass-know-what-its-doing/ Despite their usefulness, smartphones can be something of a scourge when it comes to getting things done. But it’s not just thumbing away on screens that eats away time. That itch you feel to reach for your pocket every time…
IELTS Listening Practice Memory Improvement IELTS Listening Practice Memory Improvement About this activity This activity is labeled round table by Dr. Hariri, the creator and administrator of LELB Society. This activity is on the premise of Flipped Learning, according to which the students watch a video before the class, carry out research into the selected theme, and prepare themselves for an informed discussion in the class. This activity is on…
IELTS Listening Practice Alzheimer IELTS Listening Practice Alzheimer About this activity This activity is labeled round table by Dr. Hariri, the creator and administrator of LELB Society. This activity is on the premise of Flipped Learning, according to which the students watch a video before the class, carry out research into the selected theme, and prepare themselves for an informed discussion in the class. This activity is on the basis…
English Presentation | Working Memory English Presentation | Working Memory Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Dr. Hariri What is working memory? Working memory is a crucial cognitive system that allows us to hold and manipulate information temporarily. It’s like a mental workspace where we can store and process information necessary for complex tasks such…
Emergentism Emergentism is the name that has recently been given to a general approach to cognition that stresses the interaction between organism and environment and that denies the existence of pre-determined, domain specific faculties or capacities. Emergentism thus offers itself as an alternative to modular, ‘special nativist’ theories of the mind, such as theories of…
Attention Attention is viewed as a mainly conscious process involving working memory (Ellis, 2008). Attention is defined as a process in which biological mechanisms interact when goal-directed behaviours and stimulus-driven responses converge in action. Schmidt (1990) has argued that attention is essential to learning; that is, there is no learning without attention. While this strong…
Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Psychology The subject matter of cognitive psychology consists of the main internal psychological processes that are involved in making sense of the environment and deciding what action might be appropriate. These processes include attention, perception, learning and memory, language, problem solving, reasoning and thinking. Contemporary cognitive psychology has built on the very…