ATTENTION AND MEMORY

ATTENTION AND MEMORY

1. TYPES

   • WORKING MEMORY
     • It processes and store information during brief periods of time.
     • It is used to learn new things or process information
       • Problem Solving
       • Reasoning
     • contributes with l2 learning
     • is a cognitive system with a limited capacity that is responsible for the transient holding, processing, and manipulation of information
   • SHORT -TERM MEMORY
     • Limited
       • Information decays rapidily
     • Rehearsal
       • Maintenance Rehearsal
         • Requiring data-driven, instance-based processing
         • Reading and Speaking processing operations take place here
           • Rehearsal allows better performancenot only in vocabulary knowledge, but also in comprehension terms and sintax
           • The phonological link influences in the gramatical acquisition
       • Elaborative Rehearsal
         • Requiring conceptually schema based processing
     • It contains the information that is not being processed but still can be activated
     • is the capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time
   • LONG TERM MEMORY
     • Unlimited
       • Information do not decays easily
     • It is the section of memory storage that allows people to remember things for long period and even establish relationships between old and new memories
     • stores information almost indefinetely

2. ATTENTION AS SUBSEQUENT OF MEMORY

   • Essential for SLA
     • Good Memory capacity applied both in L1 and L2
       • Defines the sucess of the learning L2
   • It is the main input and filter of memory
   • It is the bridge that allows the processing on the working memory and short-term memory and establishes connections on the long term memory
   • Focal Attention

3. leads to

   • Implicit learning
     • Information is stored without effort and is assimilated unconsiously
   • Explicit learning
     • The information requires effort to be stored