Due to the special (procedural) nature of the language (verbal communication) ‘knowledge’, the dominant trends in applied linguistics research in the last few decades have been advocating ‘acquisition’ rather than ‘learning’ activities where the main focus in SL & FL education should be on ‘meaning’ while some ‘focus-on-form’ being justified. But the ‘form’ to be ‘focused-on’ is mostly misconce...

Facilitation in GSS meetings is considered among the most important critical success factors for effective GSS application. A considerable amount of research on GSS facilitation has been carried out, yet this research has been biased by a facilitator’s perspective. In this study, we investigated participants’ perceptions of effective GSS facilitation. Based on transcripts of interviews with par...

In some cases, children perform better in tasks that allow them to make active choices. However, the cognitive mechanisms underlying this facilitation remain uninvestigated. One possibility is that choice aids children’s cognitive flexibility, which develops rapidly during the preschool period. In Experiment 1, we assessed whether 5-year-olds more flexibly switched tasks when allowed to choose ...

Reaction time in a detection or a location discrimination task was longer when a target appeared at the same location as in the previous trial (inhibition of return; IOR). However, it became shorter when the task was color or orientation discrimination (facilitation of return: FOR). This dichotomy was observed in the single target as well as in the popout displays. In additional experiments, ve...

BACKGROUND Facilitation is a key component for successful implementation in several implementation frameworks; however, there is a paucity of research specifying this component. As part of a stroke quality improvement intervention in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), facilitation plus data feedback was compared to data feedback alone in 11 VA medical facilities. The objective of this st...

Introduction: In this study we compared transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) elicited motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in a postural (bilateral low back extension: BLBE) and a respiratory (forced expiration during breath holding: FEBH) task.Methods: Using TMS of the left motor cortex, simultaneous patterns of corticospinal facilitation of the contralateral erector spinae (ES) and rectus abdomi...

The article reveals the practical effectiveness of facilitation. main methods facilitator work are singled out. Facilitation mechanisms proposed, which focused on individual motivation, comfortable in a group, providing opportunity to express one's opinion, and improving approaches through discussion. tasks defined recommendations intensification group given. It is proved that key facilitating ...