Understanding Learning Processes

The workshops in this section are more focused on how learning occurs cognitively, and how we as teachers can use that knowledge effectively in the classroom.

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