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Beyin Odaklı Öğrenim Ve Yabancı Dil Eğitimindeki Önemi
Brain-Focused Learning and Its Importance in Foreign Language Education

Author(s): Cevdet Yılmaz
Subject(s): Language studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Ankara Üniversitesi TÖMER
Keywords: Brain-based learning; language training;

Summary/Abstract: This article emphasizes the importance of the findings gathered from the brain research on the language teaching. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the research focussing on the relationship between brain and language among foreign language specialists. Brain research has illustrated that foreign language teachers can enhance their effectiveness in the classroom on the basis of the findings concerning the natural learning functions of the brain. In the study, the basic components of the brain-based learning have been examined, and then it has been illustrated that these components can rightly signify crucial insights into foreign language teaching and learning.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 131
  • Page Range: 7-14
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish