Understanding the Body-Mind Unification to Promote Foreign Language Learning as a Somatic Experience
Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Dance
Second Department
French Studies
Reader 1
Gail Abrams
Reader 2
Annelle Curulla
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© 2019 Annabelle C Sadoff
Abstract
This paper stems from my positive kinesthetic learning experience and aims to delve deeper into the process of learning a foreign language through understanding the body-mind connection and its benefits. Divided into five chapters, this paper targets foreign language teachers and is meant to change the ways of thinking of traditional educators. It invites both educators and learners to exploit the body-mind unification, hoping to turn foreign language learning into a somatic, first-person experience rather than the more common rote method of learning from a third-person perspective.
Recommended Citation
Sadoff, Annabelle, "Understanding the Body-Mind Unification to Promote Foreign Language Learning as a Somatic Experience" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1351.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1351
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
