2018 UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY LEARNING AND TEACHING: IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Article Supporting your brain learning words

Author
Shuetze, Ulf
Volume
2018 UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY LEARNING AND TEACHING: IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Date Issued
2018-01-01
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Cengage
URI/DOI
10125/69780
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Shuetze, U. (2018). Supporting your brain learning words. The American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators and Directors of Foreign Languages Programs (AAUSC), 28-37. http://hdl.handle.net/102015/69780
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Abstract
Encountering, processing, retrieving, and articulating words is a dynamic and fluid process. Several brain regions are involved that are associated with attention, language, memory, and the senses (Baddeley, 2007; Pulvermüller, 1996; Schuetze, 2017). This chapter provides insight into the processes at work in the brain focusing on the formation of the language network; its interaction with the limbic system; and the capacity to direct, switch, and divide attention. Bringing together cognitive psychology and applied linguistics, teaching tips as well as strategies for effective second and foreign language vocabulary acquisition are provided.