Multisensory Instruction in Foreign Language Education.

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Title: Multisensory Instruction in Foreign Language Education.
Language: English
Authors: Robles, Teresita del Rosario Caballero, Uglem, Craig Thomas Chase
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2003
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Multisensory Learning, Second Language Instruction
Abstract: This paper reviews some theories that through history have explained the process of learning. It also taps some new findings on how the brain learns. Multisensory instruction is a pedagogic strategy that covers the greatest number of individual preferences in the classroom, language laboratories, and multimedia rooms for a constant and diverse stimulation of cognitive functions. Ongoing research focuses on the planning of activities that will foster cognitive functions under individualized learning experiences. (Contains 17 bibliographic references.) (Author/SM)
Entry Date: 2004
Accession Number: ED482576
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This paper reviews some theories that through history have explained the process of learning. It also taps some new findings on how the brain learns. Multisensory instruction is a pedagogic strategy that covers the greatest number of individual preferences in the classroom, language laboratories, and multimedia rooms for a constant and diverse stimulation of cognitive functions. Ongoing research focuses on the planning of activities that will foster cognitive functions under individualized learning experiences. (Contains 17 bibliographic references.) (Author/SM)