Attention plays a major role in L2 learning because a task-relevant knowledge base is built in memory through attention¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The role of attention in learning is major, since a task-relevant knowledge base will be built up in memory through attention to an object or event. → Aydinbek C 2022

Evidence¶

Aydinbek C 2022¶

Aydinbek C. (2022). Contributions of cognitive theory to the problem of automatization of grammatical structures in teaching foreign language. Educational Research and Reviews. https://doi.org/10.5897/ERR2022.4230

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The review quotes Logan (1997) on obligatory encoding: attention to objects and events in the course of performing a task causes a task-relevant knowledge base to be built up in memory, and the intention to learn has no effect except that it guarantees attention. This is a theoretical argument reported in the review, with no effect size printed.

"Learning and storing seem to be a side effect of attending"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Attention — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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