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Paying Attention to Attention Allocation in Second-Language Learning: Some Insights into the Nature of Linguistic Thresholds.

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Hawson, Anne – Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, 1997

Three threshold hypotheses proposed by Cummins (1976) and Diaz (1985) as explanations of data on the cognitive consequences of bilingualism are examined in depth and compared to one another. A neuroscientifically updated information-processing perspective on the interaction of second-language comprehension and visual-processing ability is…

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing

Does Learning a Second Language under Immersion Conditions Mandate a Shift towards Visual Processing of Information? Draft.

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Hawson, Anne – 1996

The cognitive aspect of second language learning, specifically by immersion method, is discussed from a biological perspective. The approach taken is that of "connectionism," a recently-developed theoretical and experimental approach to human cognition. It is argued that while general cognitive functioning is unaffected by language immersion,…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Immersion Programs, Information Processing, Language Processing