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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------ApplicationsofBrain-BasedResearchtoSecondLanguageTeachingandLearning:PartApplicationsofBrain-BasedResearchtoSecondLanguageTeachingandLearning:Part1byMaryAnnChrist
2、isonThisarticleisadaptedfromtheauthor’splenaryspeechatthe32ndAnnualTESOLConventioninSeattle,Washington.Theinformalnatureofthepresentationhasbeenretained.Part2willappearintheJune/July1999issue.Thetopicofbrain-basedteachingandlearninghasintriguedmeforthepastseveralyearsa
3、ndhasreceivedmuchattentionineducationalcircles.Brain-basedteachingandlearningfocusesonhowthebrainlearnsbestandhowlanguageteacherscanlearntounderstandandusethisknowledgetohelpsecondlanguagestudentslearnEnglishquicklyandefficiently.Ineffect,wearetalkingaboutcreatingsecon
4、dlanguagecurriculathatarebrain-compatible.Iwouldlike,first,tofocusonsomeofthefactorsleadingtothissurgeofinterestinthehumanbrain.Foryears,theonlywayweacquiredinformationabouthowthebrainworkedwasfromautopsyexaminations.Althoughthesestudieshavebeenimportant,theyprovideonl
5、ylimitedinformationaboutthehumanbrain.Recenttechnologicaladvances,however,havemadeitpossibleforustostudythelivingbrain,andthatis11----------------------------------------------------精品文档值得收藏-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6、------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------exciting.BrainBiology101Fewofuscanrecallmuchaboutbrainbiologyfromourstudiesbecause,atthattime,weprobablydidnotbelievethattheinformationaboutthebrainrelatedmuchtoourcareergoalsasteach
7、ers.Mygoalhere,however,istoconvinceyouoftherelevanceofbrainbiologytoyourworkaslanguageteachingprofessionals.TheImportanceoftheLimbicSystemThecognitivesideoflearningusuallyreceivesagreatdealofattention,buttheaffectivesideoflearningisalsoimportant.Neuroscientistsarejustn
8、owmappingthisimportantcomponentoflearning(Jensen,1998).Weknowthatbloodflowstodifferentpartsofthebrain,dependingonthem
