Please read the article "Does Your Language Shape How You Think?" from the NYTimes by Guy Deutscher.
Does Your Language Shape How You Think?
Please write a language autobiography about yourself by explaining your relationship to language (i.e., What language(s) do you speak, read, write, understand? Is the language you speak in school the same language you speak at home, at work, with your friends?).
Reflect on how you learned your language(s) at home, in school. How does language "happen," do you think? What hypothesis do you have for the way a language is acquired? Is the way you learn a second (or third, fourth) language the same as the way you learn your first language? What do you wonder about language?
COMMENTING ON PEER BLOGS
Remember, you must comment on your Blog Buddies' BP #1s. Please write something substantial and not just "hey, thatz kewl." Try to make interesting commentary, observations, or ask pertinent questions.
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