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| Title: | Second language acquisition and its effect on cerebral blood flow: a study of English native speakers learning French |
| Other Titles: | Running head: second language acquisition |
| Authors: | Risner, Jacob Mason |
| Keywords: | Second language acquisition
Transcranial Doppler
Cerebral circulation |
| Issue Date: | 9-Jan-2008 |
| Abstract: | Second language acquisition (SLA) is becoming a more important field of study in today’s
society. Many factors seem to be involved in SLA. The current study looked at a biological
aspect of SLA. 19 English natives, divided into three French competency groups, read 3
passages, 1 English and 2 French, while there cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measure by a
transcranial doppler. It was found that there was a significant difference in CBF between the
right and left hemisphere and in CBF between the two of the experimental groups, with more
proficient groups having higher CBF. Realizing that language is a complex system which is
predominantly processed in the left hemisphere, the results make sense. Future research could
have more differentiated proficiency groups and more participants, which would allow
researchers to accurately study the connection between SLA and CBF.
L’acquisition d’une seconde langue (ASL) est en train de deviner un domaine d’étude plus
important dans le monde aujourd’hui. Plusieurs facteurs semblent être inclus dans le processus
de l’ASL. La présente étude considère un aspect biologique de l’ASL. Dix-neuf Anglophones,
divisés en trois groupes de compétence en français, ont lu trois lectures, un en anglais et deux en
français. Pendant cela, leur débit sanguin cérébral (DSC) a été mesuré par un döppler
transcrânien. On a trouvé qu’il y avait une différence signifiante en ce qui concerne le DSC
entre les hémisphères gauche et droit et entre les groupes expérimentaux : les plus compétents
ont un DSC plus haut. Sachant que le langage est un système complexe qui est traité
principalement dans l’hémisphère gauche, ces résultats sont logiques. La recherche à l’avenir
aurait des groupes de compétences plus distingués et plusieurs participants, qui permettraient aux
chercheurs d’étudier plus précisément la relation entre l’ASL et le DSC. |
| Description: | A Senior Capstone Experience thesis submitted to the Washington College Department of
Psychology and Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures in partial fulfillment of the
Bachelor of Science degree requirements.
Text in English and French |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10090/3592 |
| Appears in Collections: | Washington College Psychology Senior Capstone Experience
Washington College French Senior Capstone Experience
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