Summary:

Thanks to technological advancement, researchers are now able to examine what is happening in a brain when a bilingual is thinking in more than one language.

If human beings all have brains that look, function, and are structured the same way, then cognitively, learning must take place in the same way. There are certain tendencies that are commonly developed in human beings along with their physical and psychological development, and brain based learning is based on these commonalities.

Brain based learning is an emerging learning theory based on recent empirical findings in brain research. A brain based pedagogy is based on the assumption that one's teacing methods should conform to the way the brain actually works. This learning theory encourages teachers to understand the cognitive basis for human learning so that teachers can create an environment where the brain can learn most effectively. There are twelve principles that teachers can apply in the second language classroom; among these principles, the relationship between physical and psychological factors, students' learning environment, and the basic knowledge of memory and retrieval pathways are core brain based principles applicable to the classroom.

This presentation will introduce research done by neuroscientists as well as recent research developments in this field, the concept of neurological and developmental psychology, and the application of brain based learning in the second language classroom.

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