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Left-handedness and achievements in foreign language studies.

O Lamm1, R Epstein

  • 1School of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. orenl@construct.haifa.ac.il

Brain and Language
|December 22, 1999
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Left-handed students showed poorer performance in learning English as a foreign language compared to right-handed students. This study highlights potential differences in foreign language acquisition based on handedness.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Brain lateralization studies suggest differences in language-motor functions between left-handers and right-handers.
  • Previous research on language and reading deficits in left-handers yielded inconclusive results.
  • No prior studies have investigated handedness differences in foreign language academic achievement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine academic achievements in English as a foreign language among left-handed and right-handed native Hebrew speakers.
  • To identify specific difficulties encountered by left-handed learners in foreign language acquisition.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of academic placement and performance in English classes between left-handed and right-handed pupils.
  • Assessment of difficulties in applying orthographic-phonological mapping rules in reading English words and pseudowords.

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  • Correlation analysis between reading difficulties and word recognition task performance.

    • Main Results:

    • Left-handed pupils were disproportionately placed in lower-level English classes compared to right-handers.
    • Left-handers exhibited significantly more difficulties with orthographic-phonological mapping in English reading.
    • These reading difficulties in left-handers did not correlate with their general word recognition abilities.

    Conclusions:

    • Left-handedness is associated with inferior performance in learning English as a foreign language.
    • Difficulties in foreign language acquisition for left-handers may stem from varied processing failures, impacting orthography-phonology mapping or word production precision.
    • Further research is needed to understand the nuanced cognitive mechanisms underlying these differences.