New information is

filtered by the existing

know ledge base.
Information that cannot
be related to w ill be
ignored

Information overload (there is a lot

of information that we are exposed
to that overwhelms us and our
capacity)

Brain
Communication mapping -
nerve cells
and
synapses
and flow of
information
bits. Mind
mapping
copies this.

Communicative Approach
Student centred learning
by means of How does our brain work?
brainstorming and mind CPU here the
synapses are w ires
mapping - Communication linking to input an
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Once new information has

been filtered by the To support the brain retrieve information
Learning is know ledge base and Already existing information that is know n, faster and speed up processing visual
i.e., it has been learned before Once processing has finished the A dynamic device like our brain w ill not
based on what linked to something know n
outcome is stored as output into memory A mechanic device w ill never lose aids are ideal. These visual aids could be
it becomes (information or methods of processing The essential difference betw een a alw ays find stored information, because print, images or brainstorming and mind
we already have comprehensible. (program) is retrieved from short-, mid- or for future use. memory, unless there is a hard disk
computer and a brain is, that the first is crash. Information in memory w ill thus there is the element of forgetting due to maps.
learnt (what we long-term memory)[in the computer this synapses-connections being lost.
Information input is taken into processing memory. mechanic and the latter is dynamic. alw ays be found.
know) Processing information w ould be a floppy disk, a ROM or a hard In the processing memory new and 'old' Repetition also helps to re-build the
disk] and transferred into the processing information are matched and processed. synapses-connections. (Honeyw ell Bull)
memory [in the computer's CPU this
w ould be the ALU
(Algorithmic-Logical-Unit).

Crashen TNA p 55: '... w hatever helps

comprehension is important. This is w hy
visual aids are so useful ... visuals supply
... the "here and now "...'
Comprehensible/ Speaking fluency is not "taught" directly it
meaningful input = "emerges" after the learner has built up
input that we are competence through comprehensible
input, see Crashen TNA p 32.
able to relate to.
Because of this my students must Students are provided w ith a separate
Contextualised vocabulary to support mind map on how to use and maintain a
understanding renders input maintain a vocabulary notebook that is
checked each session. vocabulary notebook.
comprehensible - see Crashen TNA p 55

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