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From Input to Intake: Towards a Brain-Based Perspective of Selective Attention.
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Sato, Edynn; Jacobs, Bob – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1992
Addresses, from a neurobiological perspective, the input-intake distinction commonly made in applied linguistics and the role of selective attention in transforming input to intake. The study places primary emphasis upon a neural structure (the nucleus reticularis thalami) that appears to be essential for selective attention. (79 references)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attention, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes
Socializing the Expression of Affect: An Overview of Affective Particle Use in the Japanese as a Foreign Language Classroom.
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Ohta, Amy Snyder – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1994
Presents a longitudinal study of teacher talk that examines the use of affective particles in the language of the university-level elementary Japanese as a foreign language classroom. Results reveal that affective particles are used far less frequently in the classroom language analyzed than in ordinary conversation and that significant…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, College Students, Epistemology