My brain cells get overexcited. That’s what I believe. When I’m in that state, the reptilian part of my brain becomes alarmed. It can’t tell the difference between excitement and fear. Something like that, in any case.
And that ties in to Krashen’s affective filter hypothesis. When you are emotionally aroused, you don’t learn a language so well. Well, I think that there are wider implications: that your general intellectual performance deteriorates, and not just by worrying about what you’re learning. If you are at all keyed up then that inhibits you.
I shouldn’t try learning Japanese from viewing sumo!
J +0.2 D +0.5 G +0.1 S +0.3 = J7.8D1.3G1.0S0.3
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