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Abstract

Recent psychological evidence about “implicit” learning has strong implications for the educational arena. First, it contributes to counterbalance the predominance of “explicit” educational models, based on the transmission of formal rules, by considering informal active/manipulative behavior as the foundation of learning and knowledge-building. Secondly, implicit learning evidence helps build more efficient learning environments by indicating new minimally invasive educational tools to boost learners initial exemplar manipulation. Reflection and intentionality which characterise the explicit deductive thinking mode, when they finally come, may thus be activated after a preliminary implicit exploratory phase has completed at best. Specifically, these possibilities are indicated for designing meaningful L2 learning environments.

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Résumé

Le but de cet article est d’analyser critiquement les implications que les théories psychologiques de l’apprentissage implicite/explicite ont pour la psychologie de l’éducation. Tandis que la pratique courante emphatise le role de la connaissance explicite, l’analyse présente mets en évidence l’importance de la manipulation informelle, active de l’information. La prise de conscience de ces mécanismes permet la proposition d’un modèle éducatif pour conduire les sujets à l’aperception complète et explicite de la structure de la connaissance à partir de leurs représentations partielles et informelles. Cette possibilité est indiquée en particulier pour l’apprentissage de la langue étrangère.

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Title
Implicit versus explicit learning: Some implications for L2 teaching
Author
Gasparini, Silvia 1 

 University of Trieste, Department of Psychology, Trieste, Italy (GRID:grid.5133.4) (ISNI:0000000119414308) 
Pages
203-219
Publication year
2004
Publication date
Jun 2004
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
02562928
e-ISSN
18785174
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1889732314
Copyright
© Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon, Portugal/ Springer Netherlands 2004.