Noam Chomsky
After the discussion had in class and the reading of the bibliography recommended, analyse the following infographic and do the following role play activity.
A journalist interviews Chomsky with the intention of publishing an article that simplifies language acquisition theories for non-linguistics-minded readers.
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For centuries, researchers have studied the brain to find exactly where mechanisms for producing and interpreting language reside. Theories abound on how humans acquire new languages and how our developing brains learn to process languages. We take a look at the mysteries of language and the brain in the infographic below.
What gives humans the ability to acquire and learn languages?
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Speaking & Critical Thinking Practice
1. What is the most surprising fact that you discovered from this infographic?
2. Imagine that you are a doctor, and one of your patients has suffered a severe head injury. You show him a picture of three people in a kitchen and ask him to describe what is going on. He answers:
Wife is dry dishes. Water down! Oh boy! Okay Awright. Okay …Cookie is down…fall, and girl, okay, girl…boy…um…
How would you diagnose him? Why?
3. How might a patient with Wernicke’s aphasia describe the same image (from question 2 above) of three people in a kitchen?
4. Are biological or environmental factors a greater influence on how we learn language?
5. Do you believe in the critical period hypothesis? Why or why not? Give evidence from your own language learning experiences.
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