Li Shanshan, Hanafiah Waode, Rezai Afsheen, Kumar Tribhuwan
Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
English Education Department, University of Dayanu Ikhsanuddin, Bau-Bau, Indonesia.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 16;13:798900. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.798900. eCollection 2022.
One of the popular theories in psychology that potentially contributes to the development of teaching and learning programs is brain dominance. According to this theory, the brain is categorized into two hemispheres based on personal traits and cognitive styles. It is interesting to investigate the correlation between brain dominance and second language learning. Therefore, this study set out to examine the correlation between brain dominance and the development of English reading, and speaking skills. For this purpose, the required data were randomly gathered from 230 sophomore students in four different universities and were analyzed through a Pearson Chi-Square test, a Kruskal-Wallis test, and a Mann-Whitney test. Findings evidenced a significant correlation between brain dominance and reading skills. Three categories of brain dominance groups differ in reading skills in which moderate right-brain shows the highest score. Concerning the speaking skills, however, the results documented no significant correlation between brain dominance and speaking skills. Three groups of brain dominance were not significantly different in three aspects of speaking skills, including accuracy, fluency, and comprehensibility. The study concludes by proposing a range of implications and some avenues for further research.
心理学中一个可能有助于教学和学习项目发展的流行理论是大脑优势理论。根据这一理论，大脑根据个人特质和认知风格被分为两个半球。研究大脑优势与第二语言学习之间的相关性很有意思。因此，本研究着手考察大脑优势与英语阅读及口语技能发展之间的相关性。为此，所需数据从四所不同大学的230名大二学生中随机收集，并通过皮尔逊卡方检验、克鲁斯卡尔 - 沃利斯检验和曼 - 惠特尼检验进行分析。研究结果证明大脑优势与阅读技能之间存在显著相关性。三类大脑优势组在阅读技能上存在差异，其中右脑适度发达的组得分最高。然而，关于口语技能，结果表明大脑优势与口语技能之间没有显著相关性。三组大脑优势在口语技能的准确性、流利性和可理解性三个方面没有显著差异。该研究最后提出了一系列启示以及一些进一步研究的方向。
