Webinar series
Vocabulary and Grammar: From Noticing to Long-Term Memory
Webinar 1 – Notice It! How Attention Unlocks Language Learning
Webinar 2 – Make It Stick! From First Encounter to Confident Use
Webinar 3 – Keep It! Recycling, Spaced Practice, and Learner Autonomy
Skovoroda Hub
Регіональний центр змішаної освіти на базі ХНПУ імені Г.С.Сковороди
Olena Chukhno PhD in Education
Olena Chekhratova PhD in Education
Speakers
H.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
Webinar 1
Notice It! How Attention Unlocks Language Learning
strategies to enhance noticing
online tools
Wrap-up
Why noticing matters
Opening Poll
Opening poll
II
why noticing matters
Noticing Hypothesis
Conscious attention to linguistic form is a necessary condition for language acquisition
INPUT
ACQUISITION
INTAKE
OUTPUT
Richard Schmidt (1941-2017) American linguist Professor Emeritus of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii
What is consciously noticed and processed
Confident, fluent production in context
Form becomes part of the learner’s system
All language the learner is exposed to
Why input alone is not enough
Mistakes we make / hear
vary [vəˈraɪ] vary [ˈveərɪ]
congratulate with congratulate on depend from depend on
I'm working here for three years. I have been working / have worked here for three years.
colleagues [kəˈliːɡz] colleagues [ˈkɒliːɡz]
Attention is the key
Types of Attention in Language Learning
Focusing on one stimulus while ignoring others. Essential for noticing a specific structure in a stream of speech or text.
Processing two or more things simultaneously. Beginners struggle with this: they cannot attend to meaning AND form at once.
Maintaining focus over time. Relevant for longer reading tasks where learners track a recurring feature across a whole text.
Selective attention
“Every time you see a reported speech structure, underline it.”
Teacher: “As you listen, focus on the adjectives used to describe the town.”
Fluency activities (e.g. reading for the gist) should not also be noticing activities!
divided attention
Sustained attention
Noticing Is Just the Beginning
attend
ANALYSE
DETECT GAP
INFER
Form a hypothesis about how the feature works in the language system
Use context, morphology, and word order to infer meaning and function
Pay attention to something new, unexpected, or different in the input
Compare with current knowledge: “This is different from what I would say”
NOTICE THE GAP!
JOKE
FICTION
He could not believe what he was seeing, could not understand it... but there was no doubt, no sensation of losing his mind, no belief that he was dreaming or hallucinating.
(Stephen King, The Raft)
- Why do Brits always carry teabags in their wallets? - In case they find themselves in hot water.
ARTICLE
CONFERENCE
“How Bleisure Travelers Are Reshaping Travel And The Future Of Work” (Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, Jul 18, 2025)
“Actually that’s a great sort of segue to the next question that Andrew had put in.”
Strategies to develop noticing skills
III
intonation and stress
noticing-focused instructions
graphic means
intake begins
THE NOTICING LESSON DESIGN
Analysis & inference
Step 6
Gap detected
Step 5
This is a paragraph of text waiting to be awesome content
Learner notices
Step 4
Give noticing-focused instruction
Step 3
Make it salient (visual/auditory means)
Step 2
This is a paragraph of text waiting to be awesome content
This is a paragraph of text waiting to be awesome content
Somos seres visuales
Step 1
Choose target feature
IV
Online tools
Your Action Pledge
Colour-code a grammar structure in a reading text
Use noticing-focused instruction
Encourage students to use digital tools (give an example) to keep track of the words / structures they want to learn.
Stress the target form deliberately when modelling language
Thank you!
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Webinar series
Vocabulary and Grammar: From Noticing to Long-Term Memory
Webinar 1 – Notice It! How Attention Unlocks Language Learning Webinar 2 – Make It Stick! From First Encounter to Confident Use Webinar 3 – Keep It! Recycling, Spaced Practice, and Learner Autonomy
Skovoroda Hub
Регіональний центр змішаної освіти на базі ХНПУ імені Г.С.Сковороди
Olena Chukhno PhD in Education
Olena Chekhratova PhD in Education
Speakers
H.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
Webinar 1
Notice It! How Attention Unlocks Language Learning
strategies to enhance noticing
online tools
Wrap-up
Why noticing matters
Opening Poll
Opening poll
II
why noticing matters
Noticing Hypothesis
Conscious attention to linguistic form is a necessary condition for language acquisition
INPUT
ACQUISITION
INTAKE
OUTPUT
Richard Schmidt (1941-2017) American linguist Professor Emeritus of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii
What is consciously noticed and processed
Confident, fluent production in context
Form becomes part of the learner’s system
All language the learner is exposed to
Why input alone is not enough
Mistakes we make / hear
vary [vəˈraɪ] vary [ˈveərɪ]
congratulate with congratulate on depend from depend on
I'm working here for three years. I have been working / have worked here for three years.
colleagues [kəˈliːɡz] colleagues [ˈkɒliːɡz]
Attention is the key
Types of Attention in Language Learning
Focusing on one stimulus while ignoring others. Essential for noticing a specific structure in a stream of speech or text.
Processing two or more things simultaneously. Beginners struggle with this: they cannot attend to meaning AND form at once.
Maintaining focus over time. Relevant for longer reading tasks where learners track a recurring feature across a whole text.
Selective attention
“Every time you see a reported speech structure, underline it.”
Teacher: “As you listen, focus on the adjectives used to describe the town.”
Fluency activities (e.g. reading for the gist) should not also be noticing activities!
divided attention
Sustained attention
Noticing Is Just the Beginning
attend
ANALYSE
DETECT GAP
INFER
Form a hypothesis about how the feature works in the language system
Use context, morphology, and word order to infer meaning and function
Pay attention to something new, unexpected, or different in the input
Compare with current knowledge: “This is different from what I would say”
NOTICE THE GAP!
JOKE
FICTION
He could not believe what he was seeing, could not understand it... but there was no doubt, no sensation of losing his mind, no belief that he was dreaming or hallucinating. (Stephen King, The Raft)
- Why do Brits always carry teabags in their wallets? - In case they find themselves in hot water.
ARTICLE
CONFERENCE
“How Bleisure Travelers Are Reshaping Travel And The Future Of Work” (Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, Jul 18, 2025)
“Actually that’s a great sort of segue to the next question that Andrew had put in.”
Strategies to develop noticing skills
III
intonation and stress
noticing-focused instructions
graphic means
intake begins
THE NOTICING LESSON DESIGN
Analysis & inference
Step 6
Gap detected
Step 5
This is a paragraph of text waiting to be awesome content
Learner notices
Step 4
Give noticing-focused instruction
Step 3
Make it salient (visual/auditory means)
Step 2
This is a paragraph of text waiting to be awesome content
This is a paragraph of text waiting to be awesome content
Somos seres visuales
Step 1
Choose target feature
IV
Online tools
Your Action Pledge
Colour-code a grammar structure in a reading text
Use noticing-focused instruction
Encourage students to use digital tools (give an example) to keep track of the words / structures they want to learn.
Stress the target form deliberately when modelling language
Thank you!