... than in isolation leads to greater retention and increased fluency in the language. The levels of processing framework was presented 2 as an alternative to theories of memory that postulated separate stages for sensory, working and long-term memory. According to the levels of processing framework, stimulus information is processed at multiple levels simultaneously depending upon its characteristics. Furthermore, the "deeper"the processing, the more that will be remembered. For example, information that involves strong visual images or many associations with existing knowledge will be processed at a deeper level. The major proposition is that learners utilize different levels of elaboration as they process information. This is done on a continuum from perception, through attention, to labelling, and finally meaning. The key point is that all stimuli that activate a sensory receptor cell are permanently stored in memory, but that different levels of processing contribute to an ability to access, or retrieve, that ...

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