Albert and Obler 1978

Albert, Martin L., and Loriane K. Obler. 1978.The bilingual brain: Neuropsychological and neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. New York: Academic Press. 302 pages. 0120487500. Location: Dallas SIL Library 616.8 A885. Interest level: academic.

Studied how language is organized in the brain of a bilingual, asking whether it is the same as in the brain of a monolingual, or is somehow different. Concluded the learning of a second language seems to distinguish the bilingual from the monolingual in

• language skills
• perceptual strategies, and even
• patterns of cerebral organization (preface).

Has implications for second language teaching. Right hemisphere plays major role in acquiring a second language at any age. A program of second-language teaching that emphasizes so-called right hemisphere strategies would be useful. A second language might be more easily learned if taught through

• nursery rhymes
• music
• dance, or
• techniques emphasizing visiospatial skills.

Includes many examples of clinical studies (page 254).

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