Cognition and Language Learning Cognition and Language Learning

Abstract

The connection between cognition and language is of paramount importance to language learning and teaching. Exploring this link may lead to an understanding of the part played by cognition in the English as a foreign language classroom. This is feasible by shedding light on the way multiple cognitive devices operate in language learning activities. This introductory chapter firstly gives a succinct account for the shift from behavioural to cognitive theories of learning. Secondly, it provides a brief overview of relevant research in the area of cognition and language learning. Finally, it describes the major objectives of the present volume and introduces its nine chapters.