Reentry language problems explained – University of Oregon researchers find mechanism that represses native tongue when abroad
Tagged: MECha, Oregon, studentPosted on: January 26th, 2007“Psychology Graduate Teaching Fellow Benjamin Levy led the research, which found that this phenomenon, known as first-language attrition, is caused by an inhibition mechanism in the brain. This allows a student to repress his or her native language in order to better learn a second one.
The result, often very close to Dombras experience, is struggling to remember a native language after focusing primarily on a second one.”
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