Cerebral Lateralization And Adult Second Language Learning

Author

Fairlee Winfield Carroll

Publication Date

5-4-1978

Abstract

Learner-focused investigations of foreign language learning have centered mainly on socio-affective factors, the effects of the native language, and the course of grammatical development. Although intrinsic neurophysio­logical limitations have been suggested, neurolinguistic research evidence obtained with normal subjects has been lacking. An investigation is made of cerebral processing during adult second language learning utilizing the dichotic listening technique. Results are of educational importance in that they are indicative of processing strategies related to the specialization of the right­cerebral-hemisphere for a holistic mode and the speciali­zation of the left-cerebral-hemisphere for an analytic mode.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Educational Leadership

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Carol Elizabeth Conrad

Second Committee Member

Rodney Wilson Young

Third Committee Member

Garland Dee Bills

Fourth Committee Member

Albert W. Vogel

Recommended Citation

Carroll, Fairlee Winfield. "Cerebral Lateralization And Adult Second Language Learning." (1978). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_teelp_etds/480