The Art and Science of Developing Intercultural Competence

Johnson, W. Lewis; Friedland, LeeEllen; Watson, Aaron M.; Surface, Eric A.

doi:10.1017/cbo9781139049580.020

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“…The OLCTS ( Johnson et al, 2012), a virtual immersion language training program, was used to provide participants with 8 weeks of French language training. The OLCTS provides immersive, goal-directed cultural and language training, including comprehension and production components (using speech recognition software), as well as sociocultural practices and pragmatic instruction.…”

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“…The current study employed the Operational Language and Culture Training System (OLCTS), a virtual immersion language training software that provides simultaneous training in language and sociocultural norms ( Johnson, Friedland, Watson, & Surface, 2012). This software, which has been used to investigate L2 aptitude (Prat et al, 2016), was designed to enable military personnel to function safely and effectively in foreign countries by attaining functional language proficiency in very short time periods.…”

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Individual Differences in Resting-state Brain Rhythms Uniquely Predict Second Language Learning Rate and Willingness to Communicate in Adults

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Yamasaki

Peterson

2019

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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The current study used quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) to characterize individual differences in neural rhythms at rest and to relate them to fluid reasoning ability, to first language proficiency, and to subsequent second language (L2) learning ability, with the goal of obtaining a better understanding of the neurocognitive bases of L2 aptitude. Mean spectral power, laterality, and coherence metrics were extracted across theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency bands obtained from eyes-closed resting-state qEEG data from 41 adults aged 18–34 years. Participants then completed 8 weeks of French training using a virtual language and cultural immersion software. Results replicate and extend previous studies showing that faster learners have higher beta power recorded over right hemisphere (RH) electrode sites, greater laterality (RH − LH/RH + LH) of alpha and beta bands, and greater coherence between RH frontotemporal sites across all frequencies, although only coherence measures survived multiple comparisons. Increased coherence within and between RH networks was also associated with greater posttest declarative memory scores and with more accurate speech during learning. Total speech attempts, in contrast, correlated with bilaterally distributed small-world network configurations, as indexed by lower power and coherence over high-frequency (beta and gamma) bands recorded over frontotemporal networks in both hemispheres. Results from partial correlations and regression analyses suggest that the neural predictors of L2 learning rate, posttest proficiency, and total speech attempts varied in their degree of overlap with qEEG correlates of first language proficiency and fluid reasoning abilities, but that neural predictors alone explained 26–60% of the variance in L2 outcomes.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%