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Jul 2023
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252. Science and English Learning: Resea...

Thomas Wilkinson
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What insights can science provide about language learning? And how can we use this research to learn English? Keep listening to find out!


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Vocabulary



  • To distribute (v) - to spread out tasks, resources, or information over intervals of time, space, or people.
  • Optimal (adj) - the most favourable or best possible.
  • Retention (n) - the ability to retain or remember information.
  • Recall (n) - the ability to remember things.
  • Input (n) - information or data that is fed into a system or the brain.
  • Memorisation (n) - the act or process of learning something so that you will remember it exactly:
  • Literacy (n) - the ability to read and write.
  • Immediate feedback (n) - prompt information given in response to an action or performance.
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