A Study of Relationship between Language Learning and Long Term Memory

Abstract

Language acquisition has been shown to impact neuroplasticity, which is the ability of the brain to undergo structural changes in response to stimulus, behavioral experience, or cognitive demands. Research suggests how language learning affects human memory. The goal of this research was to find whether learning aforeign language could increase memory in human beings, and the objective of the study was to know the improvement felt by the subjects by increasing learning capacity. The objective behind the research is to find out the aim and motive of a learner in learning a language, and the methodologies used by them to learn it, which affect their long-term memory, which gets stored in the Hippocampus region. The conclusion draws on how humans acquire language, in three stages: encoding, retrieval, and storage,and how subjects felt the improvement in their long-term memory, after acquiring a new language. The results indicate that the participants after learning a language felt improvement in their memory and ability to grasp.