What Discoveries in Neuroscience Teach Us About Language Learning
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Discoveries in the booming field of brain science are being reported weekly.Our advances in understanding the brain are occuring so rapidly that the field is compared to the development of personal computers in the eighties.Since many of the discoveries shed new light on learning and language,it is almost certain that they will expand or reshape existing theories of L1 and L2 language acquisition.The purpose of this paper is to review the most relevant discoveries in neuroscience in order to identify potential topics of research in language teaching and learning.
Author: Curtis Kelly
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2154825145