How did the readings help me shape my language learning process?
In the article about how the brain handles the language I thought that knowing which hemisphere of the brain tends to be more active when right-handed is useful in the way that some tasks, such as categorization, calculation and information sequences are performed more efficiently by the brain.
In the article about how we analyze meaning, It is interesting to realize that we are, as learners, consciously aware of all the facets of an utterance we hear. When we put our attention on them, on grammar or vocabulary for instance, they become easily distinguishable. However we should always put the study of individual facets within a more general structure so that we can actually have a better understanding and processing of the language.
Finally, the article mention that there is no right order to learn a language but the author makes a good point at the end of the article saying that the aim of grammar is to give structure to meaning , hence it is appropriate to learn meaning first and then to structure it.
That is why I asked Alvin, my Korean instructor to teach me basic sentences, like greetings and introductions at first so that I become familiar with the phonology and basic vocabulary; we then planned to go through more analytical and written way of learning.
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