Volume 24, No. 2 The cerebral basis for language learner strategies: A near-infrared spectroscopy study

The cerebral basis for language learner strategies: A near-infrared spectroscopy study

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Volume 24, No. 2
contributor.author:
Takeuchi, Osamu Ikeda, Maiko Mizumoto, Atsushi
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:15:11Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:15:11Z
date.issued:
2012-10
description.abstract:
In this paper, we validate Macaro’s (2006) model of strategy use among language learners by assessing the amount of neural activity around the prefrontal cortex, the supposed locus of working memory (WM). We also examine whether WM activation during first language (L1) strategy deployment is lower than WM activation during second language (L2) strategy deployment, as predicted by Macaro’s model. In the analysis, we consider data obtained through an innovative neuroimaging technique (near-infrared spectroscopy) and stimulated- recall interviews. The results reveal greater brain activity during execution of the L1 and L2 tasks than in a control condition; further, use of strategies in the L2 resulted in stronger WM activation than use of strategies in the L1. These results provide partial support for the validity of Macaro’s model.
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endingpage:
157
identifier.doi:
10125/66861
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66861
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Methods and Materials
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/rfl/item/261
startingpage:
136
subject:
brain imaging learner strategy working memory reading strategy Macaro’s framework
title:
The cerebral basis for language learner strategies: A near-infrared spectroscopy study
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Article
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Text
volume:
24