PA 2 ANSWER KEY FOR ACTIVITIES 1, 2, AND 3

PA2: ACTIVITY 1
Consider the chapter What Is Neurolinguistics (Ahlsn, 2006) and the video La neurolingstica
segn Lamb: Un video-reportaje a modo de introduccin (Garca, 2011). Then tick the option that
BEST COMPLETES

each of the phrases below:

(a) Neurolinguistics is
A linguistic theory proposing that languages
determine how our brains are genetically structured.
An interdisciplinary science dealing with how
the brain represents and processes human
languages.

A field of study that uses language to stimulate

brain-damaged patients.

(b) The main sources of evidence for neurolinguistics are

Patients with brain damage, neuroimaging
studies, and computer simulations.

Patients with brain damage, dictionaries, and

computer experiments.
Patients with brain damage, psychological
constructs, linguistic theories.

(c) Aphasia could be defined as

A psychological trauma leaving patients deaf and
numb.
A symptom of people with genetically-determined
difficulties to acquire languages.
An acquired neurological disorder in which a
brain lesion impairs a given system of language.

PA2: ACTIVITY 2
Consider the chapter Key concepts, framework, and clarifications (Paradis, 2009a) and link each
MODE OF APPROPRIATION (LEARNING, ACQUISITION) with its associated feature in each set from
the middle column.

Awareness during appropriation

Conscious
Non-conscious
Storage
Implicit
Explicit
Use
Automatic
Controlled
LEARNING

Memory system involved

Declarative memory
Procedural memory
Outcome
Knowledge
Competence
Mode governing the appropriation of
Morphosyntax in a native language
Morphosyntax in a late-learned foreign language
Vocabulary in a native language
Vocabulary in a foreign language

ACQUISITION

PA2: ACTIVITY 3
Consider the paper Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism (Goral et al., 2006) and, optionally,
the chapter on neuroimaging techniques included in the Appendixes section (Rodden & Stemmer,
2008).

(a) Which of the following techniques would be more adequate if you want to design a
neuroscientific experiment to determine WHICH PART OF THE BRAIN is involved in the
representation of L2 vocabulary?

functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).

Evoked-Response Potentials (ERPs).

(b) Which of the following techniques would be more adequate if you want to design a
neuroscientific experiment to compare the SPEED with which students access their mental
lexicon in L1 and L2?

Evoked-Response Potentials (ERPs).

Cortical Stimulation.