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January 1, 1999TESOL Quarterly3,527 citations

A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning

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PGPaula Samper GarcíaUniversitat de ValènciaPSPeter SkehanUniversity College London

Key Points

  • To examine the cognitive and psycholinguistic mechanisms underlying second language acquisition and explore their implications for pedagogy, assessment, and individual learner differences.
  • Theoretical and conceptual synthesis of cognitive models, psycholinguistic processing, and memory systems involved in language comprehension and production.
  • Pedagogical and psychometric framework analysis evaluating task-based instruction, language aptitude theory, and cognitive testing perspectives.
  • Cognitive and psycholinguistic frameworks demonstrate that memory capacity and lexical processing strategies fundamentally govern language comprehension and production.
  • Task-based instruction provides an empirically supported pedagogical model that aligns language practice with cognitive processing constraints and individual aptitude profiles.

Abstract

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Comprehension and production strategies in language learning 2. The role of memory and lexical learning 3. Psycholinguistic processes in language use and language learning 4. Models of language learning 5. A rationale for task-based instruction 6. Implementing task-based instruction 7. Processing perspectives on testing 8. Research into language aptitude 9. Issues in aptitude theory: exceptional learners and modularity 10. Learning style 11. Learners, learning, and pedagogy 12. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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García et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0a961ec2fd2491b6709d1fhttps://doi.org/10.2307/3587891
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