CeLM Seminar – ‘ Speaking foreign languages from the heart ‘

 by           Jon Andoni Duñabeitia (BCBL)

http://www.bcbl.eu/people/staff/jon-andoni-dunabeitia/

Date                     Tues 14^th November 2017

Time                     16h15 – 17h15

Venue                  Edith Morley 127

Native languages are typically acquired in emotionally neutral academic environments. As a consequence of this difference, it has been suggested that bilinguals’ emotional reactivity in foreign language contexts is reduced as compared to native language contexts. In this talk I will present different studies that demonstrate how pervasive foreign language effects can be and how they can alter seemingly automatic responses that are of clear importance in our daily life. I will also discuss some of the limits of these effects and I’ll provide some ideas to counteract these effects by adopting new educational approaches in foreign language teaching.Griswlod, A. (2016). http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-children-with-autism-multiple-languages-may-be-a-boon/