A Neuroscientific Perspective on Second-Language Learning and Academic Achievement.

Hawson, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ546039

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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A Neuroscientific Perspective on Second-Language Learning and Academic Achievement.

Hawson, Anne

Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, v21 n2 p101-22 May-Aug 1996

Notes that little agreement exists as to which factors influencing academic outcomes for second-language learners are of primary importance. The study hypothesizes that second-language learners in immersion situations undergo an attention shift away from auditory system processing and towards visual information processing. (59 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Control, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, Hypothesis Testing, Immersion Programs, Language Processing, Models, Neurolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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