UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE LEARNING COGNITIVE PROCESS AND LEARNING INNOVATION

Abstract

This study examines the important of tasks in language learning. Although English has been learned since elementary school, the students' language skills are still very limited and not good at communicating by using English. This paper on a limited scale attempts to explain one perspective of the writer with starting the first part by reflecting the author's experience of learning English from high school to college, then it will try to approach it with motivation theory and second language learning theory as well as the components of successful learners. Learning a Foreign language is not only about knowledge but also as a skill. As a knowledge, language learning involves the cognitive domain (remembering, repeating, and memorizing), but as a language skill it must be regularly used in its social context. To this end, the use of task is very important. Tasks are language learning activities that engage learners in the use of a target language primarily to express their intended meanings to achieve outcomes that are similar to real-world activities. While performing the tasks, learners are involved in the process of using a language naturally with the primary aim of communicating. The implication of cognitive theories in educational field is try to produce learners who are able to find the problem solving, do discovery learning, apply cognitive strategies, and conduct project based learning.