Understanding Learning Processes
Workshops
The Significance of Learners’ Errors
About this workshop Introduction In the time since S. P. Corder’s article, “The Significance of Learners’ Errors,” was published, we have come to understand that errors are not necessarily indications that students have learned something incorrectly, but rather evidence regarding
Noticing and Recasts
About this workshop Introduction This workshop is divided into two parts: in the first, we define noticing as a cognitive phenomenon and discuss how it may emerge in interaction. We cover the following topics: the noticing hypothesis (Schmidt, 1990), attention
Vocabulary in the Classroom
About this workshop Introduction Second language learners need to be able to communicate, and in order to communicate they need to know a wide range of words, as well as how to use them. In this workshop we will consider