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On the Possible Role of the Right Hemisphere in Second Language Acquisition.
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Seliger, Herbert W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Examines the language processing and acquisition abilities of the right hemisphere. Discusses functions performed by the right hemisphere that could play an important role in second language acquisition. (EKN)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics
Questions concerning the Application of Neurolinguistic Research to Second Language Learning/Teaching.
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Scovel, Thomas – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Cautions against direct application of neurolinguistic research to second language learning and teaching and discusses why brain research will not provide a quick answer to teaching problems. (EKN)
Descriptors: Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Second Language Instruction
Experimental Neuropsychological Research on Second Language Processing.
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Genesee, Fred – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Discusses experimental evidence which suggests that there may be greater right hemisphere involvement in language processing in bilinguals who acquire their second language late relative to their first language and in bilinguals who learn their second language in informal contexts. (EKN)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cerebral Dominance, Language Processing, Language Research
The Effect of "Superlearning Techniques" on the Vocabulary Acquisition and Alpha Brainwave Production of Language Learners.
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Wagner, Michael J.; Tilney, Germaine – TESOL Quarterly, 1983
A group of adult intensive English students, language teachers, and graduate music education students were taught a 300-word German vocabulary list in a five-week period, some with and some without Baroque music but with superlearning techniques, and some by traditional techniques. Accelerated learning by superlearning methods could not be…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Processes, Continuing Education, English (Second Language)
The Neurofunctional Basis of Pattern Practice.
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Lamendella, John T. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Reexamines the question of why pattern practice fails by hypothesizing about the information processing activities that they entail. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Instruction