Hadley Text

Chapter 2

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Cognitive Theory

As I was chapter 2 of the Hadley text about sensory modalities: though eyes, ears and movement, the first thought that came to mind is the phase that I have heard from Lee Staples in regards to our ways is that we have to "think Anishinabe".

When I think about this discussion, I question how do many of us that have experienced relocation (sent to different states where there was no Indian population or Indians from many different reservations with many different languages) or growing up away the language in urban settings like Minneapolis.

I think that I learn the best in a one-to-one situation only with someone that I am completely comfortable with (student attitude towards my environment) but when I do learn something, I tend to be competitive. I first started learning in a classroom setting learning the universal grammar (double vowel) but adapted to my instructor's teaching style which is phonetic so of course, I am something confused now. I also can relate to learning alone which for me is listening to tapes but I don't practice enough.

What factors do success learners possess that could benefit poor learners. It was interesting that it is determined that there is not a one theory to refer to as why there are success learners. In any learning situation, there are students that do well and others that have problems learning the subject matter. Why are some students experts in the area of math and science for example and others are not. These students have the innate capacity to learning that subject and that would apply to language as well. The success learner has innate capacity to learn the language based on many different factors based on that individual learning strategies. It is my opinion that adults and children have different learning processes to learning language. Children that are immersed in their language will not learn universal grammar until after they already know the language. Immersion may be the best theory of language success. With every language theory analyzed (74 and possibly more), it is obvious that structured individualized learning is the only way for success in acquiring and learning a second language.