Kim and Hirsch looked specifically at two language centers in the brain - Brocas area~ , which is believed to control speech production, and Wernickes area, which is thought to process
meaning. Kim and Hirsch found that both groups of people used the same part of Wernickes area no matter what language they were speaking. But their use of Brocas area was different.
People who learned a second language as children used the same region in Brocas area for both their first and second languages. People who learned a second language later in life used a different part of Brocas area for their second language. How does Hirsch explain this difference? Hirsch believes that when language is first being programmed in young children, their brains may mix the sounds and structures of all languages in the same area. Once that programming is complete, the processing of a new language must be taken over by a different part of the brain. .
A second possibility is simply that we may acquire languages differently as children than we do as adults. Hirsch thinks that mothers teach a baby to speak by using different methods involving touch, sound, and sight. And that is very different from learning a language in a high school or college class.
31. Kad Kims study showed that
A. people learn English and Korean in different ways .
B. children and adults use the different parts of the brain to learn a second language.
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