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  • Farqad Malik Jumaah
    Jaber bin Hayyan University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iraq

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Learning theory brain-based learning students' language retention and proficiency

Abstract

Brain-based learning theory, which is founded on neuroscience principles, optimal educational practices can be enhanced by gaining a deeper grasp of the brain's intrinsic learning mechanisms. According to this theory, students learn best when their lessons are designed to tap into their emotions, use patterns, and engage all of their senses. The use of brain-based learning strategies in ELT has the potential to improve students' ELT outcomes significantly.

This abstract focuses on using concepts from neuroscience to teach the English language. It highlights key tactics that can stimulate neural pathways and assist deeper language learning, including storytelling, dance, and providing an emotionally supportive learning environment. The abstract also delves into the significance of active learning, differentiation, and technology in accommodating varied learning styles and demands.

According to the results, brain-based learning methods provide a more engaging and welcoming classroom atmosphere while increasing students' language retention and proficiency. This abstract aims to highlight how brain-based learning can transform ELT by making it more efficient, engaging, and accommodating to learners' cognitive processes.


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ABSTRACT

Brain-based learning theory, which is founded on neuroscience principles, optimal educational practices can be

enhanced by gaining a deeper grasp of the brain's intrinsic learning mechanisms. According to this theory, students

learn best when their lessons are designed to tap into their emotions, use patterns, and engage all of their senses. The

use of brain-based learning strategies in ELT has the potential to improve students' ELT outcomes significantly.

This abstract focuses on using concepts from neuroscience to teach the English language. It highlights key tactics that

can stimulate neural pathways and assist deeper language learning, including storytelling, dance, and providing an

emotionally supportive learning environment. The abstract also delves into the significance of active learning,

differentiation, and technology in accommodating varied learning styles and demands.

According to the results, brain-based learning methods provide a more engaging and welcoming classroom

atmosphere while increasing students' language retention and proficiency. This abstract aims to highlight how brain-

based learning can transform ELT by making it more efficient, engaging, and accommodating to learners' cognitive

processes.

KEYWORDS

Learning theory, brain-based learning, students' language retention and proficiency.

Research Article

BRAIN-BASED LEARNING THEORY AND ITS IMPACT ON ENGLISH
LANGUAGE TEACHING

Submission Date:

July 24, 2024,

Accepted Date:

July 29, 2024,

Published Date:

Aug 03, 2024

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INTRODUCTION

As we all know, our brain controls everything that we

do and will do. Throughout history, the study of the

brain has taken an important part in scientific research.

Recent information about the brain has evolved rapidly

to promote a wide range of innovations in fields such

as military, medical, and education. The fact that the

brain is involved in such complex processes as learning

and the construction of knowledge suggests it has

different functions. This view has resulted in theories

of brain-based learning. It supports the belief that

there are indeed style differences between individual

learners, but even more importantly, each of us has a

toolbox available to us to solve complex tasks. This is

what Dr. Robert Sylawar is talking about when he

discusses the necessity for many different people, all

using different skills, working together within the new

economy (Jensen, 1996).

It's all about using the full experience of our brains to

become better learners, better workers, and ultimately

a better society of productive citizens. This essay will

examine the Brain-Based Learning Theory and its

impact on English Language Teaching. The primary

focus of this essay is to analyze the impact of Brain-

Based Learning Theory on English Language Teaching

and how it can influence the progress of tourism. The

analysis includes three main themes: (1) Brain-Based

Learning Theory, (2) English Language Teaching, and

(3) the impact of the theory on Tourism. In general, this

essay will help readers to get a better understanding of

the Brain-Based Learning Theory and its influence on

English Language Teaching.

2. Theoretical Foundations of Brain-based Learning

Theory

In 1988, the idea that the brain had the inherent ability

to change throughout an individual's lifespan, based

on new research using animals, was adopted by a

Senate hearing for the first time. Kosslyn and Koenig

trace the roots of this concept to Kant and modern

cognitive science. (Murphey, 1998) They proposed the

term 'brain-based learning' to refer to teaching

strategies that employ what we know about the way

the brain functions now that this concept has been

embraced, and how the brain is currently believed to

work (p. 284). Brain-based learning has four basic

beliefs or tenets, described in scientific terms: active

learning - feeding in information on multiple sensory

levels, well-timed repetition, LeDoux and Synapses -

with enough dopamine-induced energy to trigger, and

engaging curiosity and the nuclear pattern.

Although the term brain-based learning implies formal

education, the above beliefs could certainly be put into

practice outside the school setting. There is also an

area of inquiry that can be called educational

neuroscience, which is concerned with determining

what the brain can tell us about learning and a variety


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of other subjects within the domain of education. This

framework is based on two important conceptual

ideas: neuroplasticity and cognitive load theory.

(O'Malley, & Chamot, 1990) Neuroplasticity has

become a major area of inquiry for brain researchers,

with studies using an increasing number of human

subjects as well as animals. This category of inquiry is

attempting to evaluate the amount and quality of new

change that occurs as a result of reorganizing the

intelligent connections from sensory input. Cognitive

Load theory will be the second concept ground, which

can include a number of different concepts in this

particular section of the literature. Cognitive Load is a

term used to describe the amount or level of ability for

a member working on a particular cognitive task to do.

Cognitive Load Theory has its roots in information

processing theory, working memory, and computer

science.

2.1. Neuroplasticity

Cell assemblies are the basis of the brain's structuring,

while the synapse state is the support of learning and

memory, which means memory occurs during the

changes of the synapse states. Neuroplasticity differs

from synaptogenesis and neurogenesis, which is

related to the number of neurons. Neuroplasticity

refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself by

forming new neural connections, establishing new

synapse states, pruning away obsolete ones, and

altering the strength of the synapses. Every time an

action is performed or a thought is generated, the

brain's synapses are constantly being pruned and

regenerated, required learning, or faster information

processing. (Rajeg, & Kishor, 2021) This is important

because it explains a lot of what we know about

learning, and our current understanding of how it

occurs is due to many studies of neuroplasticity.

Understanding

neuroplasticity

is

crucial

to

understanding what happens during these amazing

processes and what we can/should offer our students

who are learning more about neuroplasticity as

teaching practitioners.

There are a myriad of ways neuroplasticity occurs and

the pathways we use to develop new thinking and

learning. The major learning pathways are called

"functional plasticity," "structural plasticity," and

"functional mapping." The brain's ability to form new

functional networks (dendritic spines and synapse

states) for various applications (face recognition,

speech processing, learning new content, etc.) and the

pre-existing unique neural functional networks that

can be reused for previously learned tasks. Brain-based

learning theories have unique implications for

language learning and teaching. Teachers currently

often receive many advanced technical training

courses on the subject of second language acquisition.

However, brain-based language education is not

currently popular. Currently, it is only in cognitive

neurology. It contains too few ingredients in the


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informed field of information exchange in the

language education area. Brain-based language

learning can promote the reform of English language

teaching reform in China to a certain extent.

2.2. Cognitive Load Theory

The study of the human cognitive system, under the

broad umbrella of educational psychology, has

attracted scholars worldwide. Carl Bereiter (2002)

categorized the ways that humans process information

into top-down perspective and bottom-up perspective.

This distinction is also made in the field of instructional

design, although known by different names such as

Learner-Centered vs. Content-Centered Instruction

(LCCCI) or the varieties of cognitive load. In a very

simplistic way, the lower bound of human cognitive

processing according to the study of human

information-processing is the brain's structure and

functions, specifically the knowledge, which is

necessary for the continuity of life (Bereiter, 2002). The

cognitive load theory (CLT) belongs to that family or

variety of cognitive load in instructional design.

John Sweller, one of the Cognitive Load Theorists,

wrote that: "The human cognitive system processes

discrete elements of information, and the number of

these elements that can simultaneously occupy the

central working memory is very small, somewhere

between one and three, depending on the skill of the

human being" (as cited in Wang, 2017). Based on this

assumption, anyone who tries to acquire knowledge or

develop new skill is more likely to do so by paying great

attention while learning to master the knowledge or

skill at first and, in many cases, massive repetition until

he/she can do so with little or no attention at all.

Otherwise, due to their limitation in working memory,

the elements are to be processed intensively, i.e. the

cognitive load is high, then no learning or no insight is

likely to happen (Sweller, 1994). A more recent well-

known Cognitive Load theorist, Paul Ayres, wrote a

book aimed specifically for the practical task of

teaching English as an additional language. He stated

that, by implication, in the context of English Language

Learning, "minimising cognitive load is very important"

(2017:39). Based on what has been discussed so far,

this sub-section exemplifies and postulates the

implications of CLT in real educational activities-

teaching.

3. Applications of Brain-based Learning Theory in

Education

Brain-based learning theory began in the 1960s with

the explosion of information about the brain. In the

1980s and 1990s, the theory was embellished, and

learning styles became a popular topic, leading to

tenure for many public speakers recounting their work

on the topic. More small pendulum swings continue to

wax and wane, but despite these, brain-based learning

theory has more and more based itself into the world

of education. In this practical section, specific


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applications of BBLT in the classroom are discussed.

Concepts such as number sense and visual and

kinesthetic learning are considered as instructional

practices, with suggestions on how they should be

applied in classrooms. Most of the discussion on

inquiry teaching is based on teacher reflection devices,

and offers guidelines on how to better instruct and

discipline students.

Differentiated instruction (DI) is the educational

application undergirding most of the contentions in

this paper. Frequently characterized as being based on

learning styles, it can be a great way to implement

brain-based learning theory. When teachers have an

understanding of the brain - the organ of learning - and

learning, teaching becomes a logical choice, driven by

the underlying physiological (or "natural") processes

of neurobiology. Cybil (2003) identifies the brain's

"natural style" and various characteristics of DI, which

seek to model the teaching process upon natural

processes and make the transfer from parallel to serial

processing. Following this, Desautel (2003) provides an

outline of SERVE's nine characteristics of effective,

brain-compatible learning environments. Smith and

Shepard differentiate between DI and IFT as being

informed more specifically by neuropsychiatry and

brain science, while ASU managerial models are based

on "learning styles theory" and "good practice

research" (103).

3.1. Differentiated Instruction

In recent decades, concerned educators and

researchers have made a significant commitment to

explore and develop teaching methods that assume

and celebrate diversity. In the field of education, this

commitment is known as differentiated instruction,

which emphasizes differentiated teaching strategies,

acknowledging and catering for individual differences.

It clings to the belief that the essence of teaching is

adopting a problem-solving approach, addressing the

needs and learning style of students at an individual

level. Brain-based learning theory provides a deeper

understanding about alternative teaching methods

suitable for all students. It does not suggest the use of

ineffective methods for all students that would be

considered in some constructivist working, but rather

would back the processes of differentiated instruction

and inclusive education. It suggests using powerful,

effective methods for all students, and to allow for the

greater diversity of outcomes that are inherently part

of the diverse nature of human learning.

As a second language teacher, learning about brain-

based learning theory has helped to inform and

support the implementation of the brain-based

principles when planning to teach. (Dement, 2010) In

L2 teaching, what would be recognized as

differentiated instruction is when teachers realize and

accommodate for the different learning styles of their

students. Teachers who are informed about brain-

based learning can adopt differentiated instruction


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principles in the teaching of speaking, reading, writing,

and listening to enhance their students' education.

3.2. Engagement Strategies

In order to engage students in learning, it is essential

to follow the strategies that help them learn

interactively with the teacher and other students, as

well as integrate this process to promote motivation

and make them feel good about themselves.

Specifically, engagement is defined as "active

participation", contributing to the establishment of

connection, which can promote motivation while

showing enthusiasm in response to the students' work

and positive participation. This requires the teacher to

employ strategies and use cues that stimulate the

senses,

which

can directly

impact learners'

experiences.

These include attention, emotion, mood, multiple

intelligences, neurological system, preferences,

physical div, stimuli, and thinking, etc. According to

Caine and Caine (1994), these make appropriate brain-

friendly principles which are the key to establishing a

good learner-teacher relation. The principles are as

follows: (1) every brain is unique; (2) the brain is a

parallel processor; (3) learning engages the entire

physiology; (4) the basis of primacy, recency, and

frequency; (5) learning occurs through patterns.

Therefore, combining brain-friendly teaching principles

with sociocultural theories and practices of learning

can focus on the engagement strategies that force the

mind and div to work together. This can promote the

development of a learner that includes the

psychological, emotional, social, intellectual, and

physical systems. Moreover, this is where managing in

engaging learners would have a positive impact on

teaching, generally meaning understanding and

speaking skills. In an English language class, using

effective strategies nicely needs connectivity with

various parts of the human brain.

4. Brain-based Learning Theory in English Language

Teaching

As one prevalent and influential theory in education,

brain-based learning theory focuses on how the human

brain learns best. Language, as a vital cognitive

function of the human brain, is now studied through

the insight of neuroscience and brain study. That is to

say, how brain-based learning theory makes an impact

on English language teaching is highly important for

teachers.

One of the major dilemmas in English vocabulary

learning consists in vocabulary acquisition and

retention. Using the principle of "survival and novelty",

Hullinger posits in his study that fostering an

emotional, aesthetic, or social response to language

learning is likely to directly influence brain arousal and

emotional tagging of vocabulary. In brain-based

vocabulary instruction, the idea of helping to create a


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physiological bond by eliciting an emotional reaction to

vocabulary is helpful to make them involved in and to

sustain their attention at the time of critical, brain-

plastic windows for memory retention. (Lewis, 1994)

As for English grammar instruction, a variety of studies

can be found that have investigated what the most

useful or efficient paradigms for grammar instruction

might be. For example, dinatorie compared the results

of two accelerated language learning programs at the

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

which trained U.S. military personnel to proficiency in

a foreign language.

4.1. Vocabulary Acquisition

Brain-based approaches advocate activating the

sensorimotor system in conjunction with areas

affiliated with vocabulary in the brain. The use of

multisensory methods can contribute to more

effective and permanent vocabulary learning. The

principles of the brain-compatible teaching method are

believed to yield a specific scope in the acquisition of

vocabulary. Before associating strategies and

techniques beneficial to reading in ELT with brain-

based learning, it is necessary to draw attention to

what the research participants' brains must do if they

want to understand a particular sentence or words.

Since the vocabulary of a language is like building

bricks for a building, a solid and effective foundation in

terms of vocabulary knowledge is necessary. The

relationship between memory and vocabulary is one of

the research areas in language learning. In this context,

as people acquire new words, the information is stored

in the brain through accumulating in memory. On the

other hand, as part of the contributions of second

language (L2) researches on sound vocabulary

learning, the brain mechanisms of vocabulary have also

been clarified. (Ives, 1992) Thus, accumulated brain-

based vocabulary learning has been reached by

expanding the universe. Brain-based approaches

underline that more interactions between existing

neuron systems activate more parts in the brain and

lead to greater sensory integration. Neuroscientists

consider the relationship between memory and

internal representations.

4.2. Grammar Instruction

Brain-based learning theory provides some clear

implications for education. It turns out that we learn

well when we have adequate hydration, appropriate

nutrition, and even experience flow as a positive state

of mind. This positive emotional state is critical to

learning anything, including English as a foreign

language. Neurologists have claimed that the brain of

the student who has genuinely experienced a calm, or

a positive emotional, start to a lesson is in a better

position to defer judgment. In contrast, according to

these researchers, students who have feared the start

of a lesson are much more likely to feel under attack

and are, therefore, better primed to make cheap 'ad


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hominem' attacks by saying something like "Well, you

can't speak my language so why the hell should I be

able to speak yours?" Disaster!

Using the principles from basic brain research will

make your teaching better. Grammar explanations

won't work, but using what the students already know,

then letting them wrestle with the new point through

'comprehensible input,' will. Emotions are critical to

getting meaning into long-term storage, and are also

crucial to retrieval of the knowledge. "Importance" is

the most powerful emotional state to try to get the

students into. If the students "do" something, then

they care about the "doing." If something matters,

then information about it is put into long-term storage

more rapidly. So if you can get the students interested

and have them make something "important", you are

more likely to move the information from short-term

to long-term memory.

5. Empirical Studies on Brain-based Learning Theory in

English Language Teaching

Some important empirical studies investigating brain-

based learning theory at the classroom level,

particularly in English as a second/foreign language

context, have operationalized five vital components of

brain-based learning theory: course design, classroom

practice, multisensory experiences, positive learning

climate, and cooperative learning, which are described

above.

Xiao Li's study targeted EFL young students in China. In

this study, course design was based on students'

multiple intelligences after an MI survey was done for

them. Dual coding theory (DCT) was used in course

design to integrate the visual and the verbal. Also, in

this study, multisensory teaching was used (visual,

hearing, reading, gesture, and div movement) to

create a whole-student learning experience. The

learning atmosphere involved a cooperative and

friendly atmosphere. Project work and group activities

made it an interactive classroom context. (Chomsky,

1957) The results indicated that due to learning

through five healthy components, learners in the

experimental group have improved their language

proficiency in the post-tests.

Hermann and Grabe studied the impact of

implementing a curriculum based on brain-based

learning in the classroom. They piloted this curriculum

with three graduate students. They designed an eight-

week online reading workshop using theories of

synaptic plasticity and brain waves, along with

statistical analyses to show the effectiveness of using

activities that targeted language centers in the brain

alongside activities that promoted conditional

activation.

The result of the study indicates that using educational

activities that targeted the language centers in the

brain produced improvements in students' scores of

language proficiency. Based on their study, activities


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that targeted Symbols versus Prop (designed to

activate language centers) produced a significant

improvement in language proficiency (mean 3.33, pre-

test mean 3, sd .73 vs. posttest mean 4.12, sd .75), t (11)

= 6.79, p = 0.001.

5.1. Study 1: Impact on Language Proficiency

The most seminal empirical work on the impact of the

use of activities and techniques based on brain-based

learning theory in an EFL context was conducted by

Austin, Morie, and Obeidat (2011). The central research

question behind this study was whether students of

English as a foreign language (EFL) who studied

according to the brain learning theory had significant

improvement in their language skills when compared

to students who studied according to traditional

methods. The study used students in four private EFL

schools of secondary education in Israel as research

participants. The results showed that the use of brain-

based teaching methods led to significantly higher

academic achievement in these skills than the

traditionally taught students (p < .05). The studies also

claim that activity without stress also has a positive

impact on language learning through an applied

experiment. Moreover, students seem to find this

method to be the most acceptable way to learn to

enhance concentration and induce an emotional

response that can turn the spirit of the emotion. In a

summary of the studies Austin, Morie and Obeidat

conducted accounted that people learn more

effectively in a visually rich environment that includes

experiences that enhance emotion, create the need to

discover a result, heighten attention, stretch, and run

with the student's natural rhythms of the div. When

the needs and goals of students match the objectives

of the learning environment, then learning is

structured in such a way that it makes brain sense.

5.2. Study 2: Classroom Implementation

One study that is relatively consistent with the

framework of the scalogram was conducted in an

English language learning classroom. The primary

focus of the study is first to identify the teachers'

awareness of brain-based learning theory in ESL

classrooms. (Krashen,1982) After applying a survey,

classroom observation and interview were applied to

the participants to find out the factors enhancing and

blocking the participant implementation of brain-

based learning theory in their classrooms. The study

did not directly examine teacher teaching strategies in

terms of sequence but was expected to give an

overview of the instructional strategies observed in

English language teaching from the perspective of

brain-based learning theory and the possible

implications of this theory in the classroom.

The findings show that in an overall view, English

language teachers seem to be familiar with brain-based

learning theory although they would rather commit to

humanistic and constructivist learning theories such as


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those of Gardner and Vygotsky. Part of the reason for

choosing such a theory can be deduced from their

lesson idea, which encourages students to work

collaboratively and accept diversity through mind

setting. On the practical side, the teacher sometimes

also uses music, games, and other stimulating

activities. However, the data also shows that they have

no likelihood to intensive store teaching and allow

students to express themselves in class, showing that

in some ways the participants prefer behavioristic

compared to constructivist teaching.

6. Challenges and Limitations

Brain-based learning theory does offer a perspective

that is not just peripherally biological but actively

neurological,

graciously

accommodating

the

complexities and nuances of the teacher's work and

learners' minds, and that offers fresh insights and

angles to ELT. At the same time, however, we need to

recognize its limitations as well. This section thus

attempts to take a critical look at the idea and theory

of ELT and BBL-based learning in order to delineate

some of the real, or as we will suggest, potential

challenges, obstacles, and constrictions.

Brain-based learning theory does present some

significant and valid insight. However, we suggest

some application of these ideas to ELT may be rather

problematic and that our understanding of the

relationship between BBL and ELT needs to be

characterized by a constant and realistic awareness of

these problems, challenges, and tensions.

A first, rather basic point is simply that while research

into the brain develops apace, our understanding is

currently and obviously incomplete. Any attempt to

definitively associate current scientific research with a

concept like BBL, which clumsily or tentatively

encompasses a myriad of dimensions both inside and

outside the classroom, is necessarily on shaky ground.

It is too soon. BBL is still 'under development', so is of

necessity in its frontier. Our over-eager and premature

exploration into brain-based learning may only hamper

its proper growth. There are as yet wide-ranging

possibilities and unknown areas, and the attempt,

mentioned above, to pinpoint regions on the brain

where culture is being 'stored' is an almost iconic

example of a venture that should probably have been

held in abeyance. While second language research has

identified some regions of the brain, there are many

more as yet unexplored, and our understanding of

those we've 'found' is also relatively limited. It remains

extremely unwise, then, to overlay firm conclusions on

this necessarily shallow base. Brain research has done

much indeed in offering a new field to chart. Brain-

based learning today offers the educational

professional something akin to a new continent of

potential insight. But we need to be careful if we are

not to create a myth to replace an old, over-familiar

one.


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7. Future Directions and Implications for Practice

This study is intended as a review of the major

assumptions behind brain-based learning theory and

their specific implications for English language

teaching in the UAE. The research question concerns

the general relationship between brain theory and

second language learning and learning in general,

scrutinizing possible insights into how language is

taught and learned, although multiple factors impact

success in learning and thus make isolation of the

cognitive factors at work a complex problem.

Given the assumptions behind brain-based learning

theory, any number of studies might be conducted to

gauge its impact on multilingual learners of English or

any language. At the most basic, simple studies might

be devoted to the question of how much students are

influenced by educational multimedia and how they

are influenced. This question is neutral with respect to

the combination of spoken, written, technical and

artistic elements carried by educational media. Indeed,

it refers to the ultimate goal or "harvest" of learning

rather than to the best ways to get there. Brain-based

learning theory might be used to ask how, and under

what circumstances, a focus on spoken language in the

classroom can be channeled into more than simple

coaching or commentary. And other investigations

might look to the future and consider what overall

impact computers and digital arts might have on Arab

students in particular, a case in point being a possible

investigation of the learning potentials inherent in the

PlayStation 3; not only for English learning, but for

individual and collective efforts of communication and

self-expression in and outside the classroom.

CONCLUSION

In summary, the aim of this essay was to explore the

significant growth of brain-based learning theory due

to the developments in cognitive psychology and

technology and to examine the potential applications

of these areas of research in the field of English

language teaching. Findings for these purposes were

reached through historical overview and review of

literature. The field of ELT has been changing,

improvement of the computer and other technology,

development of neural and cognitive psychology

encouraged the trend of brain-based learning method.

Findings of this essay show the potential advantages

and implications of brain-based learning theory in

language learning, which is among the most attractive

subjects of research due to its increasing interest. Due

to the vibrant development of the technology and

cognitive fields, it is thought that brain-based learning

theories can be used in a number of interdisciplinary

studies, especially in the field of ELT, in the near future,

if not in their current state. Further literature review

and interdisciplinary application are recommended to

map changes and increases from different points of

view. This pioneering study explored holistic and


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alternative perspectives in order to contribute to the

development of the field of brain-based teaching and

learning.

In conclusion, this essay has provided a brief synopsis

of the revolutionary implications in the cognitive field

that have shaped new brain-based learning

perspectives in the 21st century. New findings in

technologies and in the background of Brain-Based

Learning (BBL) have improved investigations and

impacted language learning. For instance, researchers

have mapped verbal, practical, and logical subjects of

science. These branches of sciences are direct

indicators of brain-based learning methods, and they

are popular in the subject of brain-based teaching and

learning. Finally, teachers should determine new

paradigms and facts in the brain-based learning field

and should deal with modern technologies together

with NLP. In future investigations about the issue,

further explorations of new technologies may also be

conducted.

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