NEUROPLASTICITY

1. Neuroplasticity refers to our brain remodelling, adapting, and organising after the practice of a motor skill.

2. "Nervos" that mean nervous system. "Plasticity" which comes from the Greek word plasto's meaning moldable.

3. Meaning

4. Learning

4.1. Skill acquisition

4.1.1. Language learning

4.2. Mediation

4.2.1. Focussed attention

5. Memory

6. Second language acquisition

6.1. How is neuroplasticity produced in the brain based on an individual's experience with a second language?

6.1.1. Brain changes induced by second language experience

6.1.2. Increased density of gray matter

6.1.3. The integrity of the white matter

6.2. The brain needs to map out these new grammatical language areas if the brain’s language networks have already been mapped out with only an L1 as a young child.

7. Neuroplasticity was a way of describing how the brain can change throughout life.

8. SLA

8.1. Selective attention

8.2. Automaticity and Restructuring

8.3. The Communicative Classroom

8.4. Fluency Building