外国語が使えるようになるのに大切なこと
How memory helps you learn language
http://createyourworldbook.com/memory-helps-learn-language.htm
by Susanna on June 11, 2010
http://createyourworldbook.com/memory-helps-learn-language.htm
by Susanna on June 11, 2010
I met Prof. Michael Ullman, in the neuroscience department at Georgetown University to discuss how people learn languages.
He has published several papers about the role of memory in the acquisition of first and second languages. People have often remarked
to me that I have an excellent memory. I posit that my capacity to retain information is a major factor in my ability to speak various
languages. As music may engage more areas of the brain than language and we remember musical tunes better than memorized lists of words,
this theory about the roles of declarative and procedural memory in language learning makes sense to me.
In a nutshell, procedural memory helps us learn grammar and syntax and is rooted in the frontal- basal ganglia structure of the brain.
Declarative memory is in the temporal lobe of the brain and governs how we remember words, facts and events. Estrogen improves declarative
memory in women, thus explaining why some women can recall words and phrases better than men,who may have an advantage in procedural memory.
The two memory systems work in a see-saw manner, and sometimes compete. When one is in dysfunction, the other may become stronger.
However, when we are learning our second language, we rely more on declarative memory to learn grammar rules and structure rather than
only by procedural memory. (In my words, we are like parrots than copy when we hear native speakers say.)
This doesn’t mean that we can learn a language well without learning grammar and structure, but it shows that listening and repeating serve a real purpose in how we can learn the syntax and structure of a language.
Listening to and repeating song lyrics CAN help us learn grammar!
★However, when we are learning our second language, we rely more on declarative memory to learn grammar
最初は文法を頭で覚えるんだな。でもこの状態ではテストのように考える時間があれば文章が出て来るけれども、外人を前にしてとっさには出てこない。
単語や短いフレーズなら意識して（とっさに出て来るように）覚えれば
無意識に（とっさに）口から出てくるようにはなるけれども。
無意識に（とっさに）口から出てくるようにはなるけれども。
listening and repeating serve a real purpose in how we can learn the syntax and structure of a language.
listeningやrepeatingが大事なのだな。耳で聞いて口から出すことで口から出やすくなりますからね。耳や口を使って体で覚えるということか。
だから Listening to and repeating song lyrics が良いのだな。
歌だったら文法を意識しないで文章が口から出て来る。（かもしれない）
アメリカンポップスを歌うと英語の音のつながりも分かるしな。それに体にも良いんじゃないですか、声を出すから。
listeningやrepeatingが大事なのだな。耳で聞いて口から出すことで口から出やすくなりますからね。耳や口を使って体で覚えるということか。
だから Listening to and repeating song lyrics が良いのだな。
歌だったら文法を意識しないで文章が口から出て来る。（かもしれない）
アメリカンポップスを歌うと英語の音のつながりも分かるしな。それに体にも良いんじゃないですか、声を出すから。