The reading detailed how language is one of the factors that are involved in cerebral dominance, in relation to handedness. They noted that for right-handed people, language is dominant in the left hemisphere of the brain. Along with language, some logical and analytical tasks were also associated with this side of the brain, for right-handed people. Although they support a cerebral localization theory, I appreciate that they acknowledge that there may be other connections between both hemispheres. This means that even though language can be dominant in my left hemisphere, there is possibility that is linked to my right hemisphere with emotional expression. As a result, I should not only be focusing on just using my left hemisphere of the brain because both hemispheres probably contribute to my ability to learn languages. Even though the left hemisphere may have dominant control, this does not mean that the right hemisphere is not useful for learning languages, which is why I will attempt to use both sides of my brain to learn Korean.
Semantics is a way of studying the meaning of words. The reading notes that it is more beneficial to learn a new word, when you learn the sense of the word, rather than using reference. I can apply these tips to my language learning process when I learn new vocabulary. The reading details that in order to learn new vocabulary successfully, you must link vocabulary with appropriate sentence structure. I can use this tip by trying to make a relevant sentence with my new vocab words, rather than just trying to memorize the words itself. I can also use synonymy relationship to try and create short sentences in similar structure with two new vocab words that may be synonyms. This will help me make the connection between the two new words by putting them in a similar context.
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