Depth of processing in L2 learning: Theory, research, and pedagogy

Journal of Spanish Language Teaching

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-82

  Leow, Ronald P ^a   Mercer, Johnathan D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cognitive effort; Cognitive processes; Depth of processing; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013162492     PISSN: 23247797     EISSN: 23247800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23247797.2015.1026644     Document Type: Article

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