In summary, the deliberate acts of language learning (DALLs) are:
• Noticing – Being aware of new language/vocabulary
• Collecting – Becoming a collector of language
• Recording – Writing down new language/vocabulary as a step in the process of entering it into long-term memory
• Reviewing – Regularly and frequently returning to the new language until it becomes fixed in long-term memory
• Repeating – Using the target word/phrase again over a period of time... same day, next day, next week, next month
• Recycling – Using the target word/phrase in a different context
• Rehearsing – Practising the target language to oneself with the intention of using it later
• Adding cognitive depth – Thinking about how to use the new word/chunk, what it means, what it links to, what part of speech, how it works. This is a way of incorporating and consolidating the new language in the existing vocabulary and lexical schema.