Rabu, 25 Maret 2015

Group : 12

Name : Abdul Ghani & Zukhruf Umul Pratiwi


Left and Right-Brain Dominace
We have alraedy observed in chapter 3 that left and right-brain dominance is a potentially significant issue in developing a theory of second acquisition. Torrance (1980) lists several characteristics of left andrigh-braind dominance.

Left and Right-Brain Characteristics (adapted from Torrance, 1980)


1. Left-Brain Dominace
  • intellectual
  • remembers name
  • responds to verbal instruction and explanations
  • experiments systematicallyand with control
  • makes objective judgments


  • 2. Right-Brain Dominace
  • intuitive
  • remeber faces
  • responds to demonstrated, illustrated, or sybolic instructions
  • experimen randomly and with less restright
  • mike subjective judgments


  • Ambiguity tolerance

    A third style concern the degree to wich you are congnitively willing to tolerate ideas and brous prospositions that run counter to your own belief system or structure of knowledge. Some people are, for example, relatively open-minded in accepting ideologies and events and facts that contradict their own views; they are ambiguity tolerant, that is more content then others to entertain and event internalize contradictory proposition.


    Reflectivity and Impulsivity
    it is common for us to show in our personalities certain tendencies toward reflectivity sometime and impulsivity at other times. The implications for language acquisition are numerous. It has been found that children who are conseptually reflective tend to make fewer errors in reading then implusive children (Kagali, 1965); however, implusive person are usually faster readers, and eventually master the "psycholonguistic guessing game" (Goodman, 1970) of reading so that their implusive style of reading may not necessarily deter comprehention.


    Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Styles


    In one study of adult learners of ESL, Joy Reid (1987) found some significant cross-cultural differences in visual and auditory styles. By means of a self-reporting questionnair, the subjects rated their own preferences. research findings on learning styles underscore the important of recognaizing learners varrying preferences.



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