However Fast Humans Talk they Deliver the Same Amount of Data per Second
Human speech tends to deliver the same amount of information per second regardless of the language being spoken, a major international study suggests. Native...
When Two Teachers are Better than One
The Native speaker debate drones on. Some argue for Native English Speaker Teachers, known as NESTs, others are in favour of Non-Native English Speaker...
Is the right brain key to better language learning?
The right brain hemisphere is more important for language learning than we thought, a team of researchers at the University of Delaware and the...
Make the most of metacognition by making reading a group task
Students retain more ‘incidental’ vocabulary when prompted to think about learning
Students who use metacognitive prompts during reading tasks can improve their incidental vocabulary learning,...
Put students’ hearts into reading
Students’ reading anxiety can be reduced by teaching techniques that intentionally control heart rate, as demonstrated in a study by Fatemah Kermani and Parviz...
Gesture gives memory a hand
Presenting new words with accompanying gestures activates deeper brain processing in the learner, resulting in better retention, report Manuela Macedonia and colleagues at Universities...
