Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Blog#9 - Language and the brain

Before the game start, they have information below about how language and age works for female and male and which side of the brain is use. How language is acquire and the effort our brain takes. They also gives some way to improved language. I hope you have fun playing the game enjoy. http://www.freebrainagegames.com/games/language_anagrams.php

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Blog#8 Meet the Last Speaker of a Dying Language

This short Documentary talk about Marie Wilcox the last speaker of Wukchumni a Native American language. She was able to complete a dictionary from her native language took her 7 years to completed. Her grandson was able to communicate with her and help with the dictionary and her daughter also help her in the process. Later after the dictionary was finish they were able to teach other people the language, and brought more people to speak and learn the language. The video was very inspiring, seen , and hearing how much effort she place in order to maintain her native language.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/meet-the-last-speaker-of-a-dying-language

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Blog# 7 - History of American Slang

I finally found the opportunity to post a video, it very interesting. The video will send you back in history to show the viewers how slang progress and also become less commonly use in the future. The also show the point of view of music , and artist been an influence to the slang word. here the link hope you enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGUg_w7FKqM