Differences in learning style are thought to affect how learners approach
learning tasks and may affect success on those tasks.
see also field dependence, global learninglearning to learn n
the acquisition of attitudes, learning strategies and learning skills that will
be applied in future learning situations and make future learning more
effective. Study skills and learning strategies are examples of the domain of
learning to learn.
left brainn
another term for left hemisphere
left branching direction n
see branching direction
left dislocation n
the occurrence of a linguistic form to the left of its normal position in a
sentence. For example in the sentence:
Madge made the pizza.
pizzais in its normal object position in the sentence. But in the less common
sentence:
The pizza, Madge made it.
the pizzais now a left dislocation. Left dislocation is a word orderdevice
which is often used to signal a new topic (topic^2 ) or to give special emphasis.
With right dislocation, a linguistic form appears to the right of its normal
position. For example:
She made the pizza, Madge did.
left-ear advantage n
see dichotic listening
left hemispheren
the brain can be described as divided into the left and right cerebral hemi-
spheres. The left hemisphere has been shown to be especially important for
language processing, and it is where both Broca’s areaand Wernicke’s
areaare located.
see also cerebral dominance
lenis adj
see fortis
learning to learn