Second Language Acquisition Topics

Originally Published by Universidad del Desarrollo https://educacion.udd.cl/noticias/2017/10/did-you-know-that-you-can-learn-english-better-if-you-think-deeply-about-yourself/   Publicado en:  ¿Sabías que?   |   17 octubre, 2017 If you have ever struggled in English class trying to learn new words or understanding some complex grammar, you might want to try a method that is different from the traditional memorizing word lists or completing sentences with the correct verb tense. You could try creating language from scratch. So, for instance, if you really need to acquire irregular past tenses in English, you can write or recite lots of sentences about what you did yesterday, last week or last summer using the verbs you find most difficult. Some added difficulty to this would be to also describe what happened to other people around you. Some studies have shown that people who manipulate meaning when trying to learn a new language improved the quality of their learning ...

  My humble contribution to the world of Academia.  Each of these publications hold valuable memories of collaboration, friendship and the quest for knowledge.  Representing my research team at ICSEI conference, Viña del Mar, 2023. Sologuren Insúa, E., Grez Cook, F., Bilbao Villegas, G., Valenzuela Schmidt, M., Luna Muñoz, D., Beltrán Salvo, M. P. y Echard Padrón, B. (2024). Enseñar y aprender competencias socioemocionales en la formación inicial docente: caso de estudio de Artes visuales y Matemática. Ciencias Sociales y Educación, 13(25), 1-29. 10.22395/csye.v13n25a3. Sologuren, E., Bilbao, G., Echard, B., Grez, F., Valenzuela, M., Beltrán, M. P., Luna, D. (2023). How Are Socioemotional Competencies Taught in Initial Teacher Education? Affectivity, Learning, and Didactics of Emotions in the University Classroom. In: Fossa, P., Cortés-Rivera, C. (eds) Affectivity and Learning . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31709-5_20 Sologuren, E., Echard, B., Luna,...

Crash Landing on Korean I took an impromptu trip to Seoul, South Korea, to spend some time nursing my younger sister who had broken both arms in a E-Bike accident. Yes, she crash-landed on the floor, but so did I, though figuratively, when I had to help her around without knowing any more than Anyongaseiyo! So, here I am ready to tell you about my linguistic journey from Toronto to Seoul, that although short, was very intense for my brain... Oh, Me me me...sorry. By the way, my sister is fine, she is fully recovered. So now that the worry and guilt are out of the way... let's dive into this process of trying to tread water in a sea of a language that is completely new. First thing, the input.  Our brains look for patterns in linguistic input, that is to say, linguistic information....language. And there was A LOT of input in Seoul! Both for your eyes and ears. Oh my! An ADHD person's nightmare. Colourful ads everywhere, Tv shows with stickers and subtitles, bright lit ads on th...

I wonder if Snoopy is bilingual.  The effects of learning a second language on native language’s reading comprehension- A systematic review from a cognitive science perspective. (manuscript) Barbara Echard M.Ed. sept, 2024 Universidad de Chile barbara.echard@uchile.cl     Abstract In learning a second language, the effects of the native language on the target have been profusely studied from a cognitive perspective, for example, on the form of cross-linguistic transfer with varying views regarding its negative or positive influence. However, the direction of this transfer has been traditionally studied taking the native language as the origin, and little is known about any effects that studying a second language can have on the linguistic skills a learner has on the first language, especially in adults and late bilinguals. This systematic review seeks to answer if such backward interaction and a specific effect on reading comprehension exists in adults. By using PRISMA me...