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ENVIRONMENTS PROPITIOUS TO LEARNING ENGLISH AS

ENVIRONMENTS PROPITIOUS TO LEARNING

In education and language instruction there are several sorts of "environments": pedagogical, linguistic, psychological, socio-economic, physical, and, of course, internal and external environments. This short paper briefly touches upon the physical environment to concentrate on the pedagogical, linguistic, and psychological/social environmental factors which clearly affect the learning and acquisition of a second language--particularly for the Japanese young child.

If the pedagogical dynamics of the classroom can be professionally controlled, so can and should the physical environment. Temperature; humidity; light color, intensity, and distribution; color and reflectivity of walls and furniture, etc. all contribute to the creation of an attractive (i.e. positively motivational) environment. Too hot or too cold, too dry or too humid, too dark or too bright an environment affects learning negatively. So does fatigue and/or hunger in the children (and the teachers!): hence, the importance in schools catering to low socio-economic populations to provide good meals and rest-periods. Wall and furniture colors ought to be selected judiciously for their effects on learning, rather than on the basis of a teacher's or administrator's wife's amateurish whims. There are studies which show which colors and color combinations are best for different age and cultural groups. Usually, a balance between exciting (vivid, bright) and soothing (mute, pastel) colors must be achieved: they can be distributed according to the functions of parts of a classroom. There is the quiet corner and the activity corner, for example. Noise dampening need be controlled, so thinking and communication can take place and hearing preserved.

Pedagogical, linguistic, and psychological/social

factors constituting the "learning environment"

Frith (1977) notes that "an important difference between children learning their firs...

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