Brain Lateralization
refers to the idea that
each hemisphere of the
brain is specialized for
different functions
Left hemisphere
(Brocas's area)
located in the
left frontal lobe
is responsible
for the ability to
speak
Brocas's area
damage cause
aphasia (inability to
talk)
(Wernicke's area ) also
central to language
processing is further
back and lower in the
brain compared to
Broca's area, between
the audithory cortex and
the visual cortex
Right hemisphere
Principal Hemispheric specializations
Learning processes
Information Processing (IP)
Concern mental
processes. Learning
language is like
learning other
domains of
knowledge
Include perception
and the input of new
information
(formation,
organization,
regulation of internal
representations; and
retrieval and ouput
strategies.
Theories
regarding order
of acquisition
Multidimentional Model
2. Learners acquire certain
grammatical structures in a
developmental sequence.
3. developmental sequences
reflect how learners
overcome processing
limitations
1. Language istructions be
succesfully only if learners
have already mastered the
previous stage of acquisition
Competition Model
assumes that all linguistic
performance involves
"mapping" between external
form and internal function
Connectionist approach
It focus on the associations
between atimuli and responses
rather than "rules" or
restructuring
The best-known
connectionist
approah is Parallel
Distributed
Processing (PDP)
Connectionism
Learning processes is
made through
associations rather than
as the abstraction of
rules or principles
Differences in learners
Age
Sex
Aptitude
Motivation
Cognitive Style
Personality
Learning Strategies
The effects of multilingualism
Psitive perceptions
training the mind
Advantages are verbal and nonverbal tasks
Metalinguistic abilities, control of language processing
Use languiage for verbal meditation
Negative Perceptions
Limitations for language
acquisition and
maintenance