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Ignatova, Olga; Kalyuga, Slava; Sweller, John – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The imagination effect occurs when students learn better from imagining concepts and procedures rather than from studying them. Cognitive load theory explains the effect by better use of available working memory resources and increased productive, intrinsic cognitive load. The effect has been found in numerous empirical studies. However, in the…
Descriptors: Imagination, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods