Language is the Method of Human Communication
How does language shape our brains and our lives?
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HERE’S WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT LANGUAGE
Time to Learn a Second Language
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Well, roughly languages are spoken in the world today. Each and every one of them make the world a diverse and beautiful place.
Almost half of the world’s population claims languages as their mother tongue. 1/4
Which Countries Have the Most English Speakers?
The highest percentage of people who can speak English well
840 million people speak English around the world
268 million people speak English in The United States. No surprise here.
125 million people speak English in India
94 million people speak English in Pakistan
Do You Have a Second Language?
Top Languages Studied in North America
If one of these languages inter ests you, immersive learning is the fastest way to join its com munity of students. Of course, if you aren’t currently located in an area where it’s spoken, imme rsion’s a lot harder to achieve.
AMERICA MEXICO CANADA ENGLISH 58.1% FRENCH 21.4% 50% FRENCH ASL 7% SPANISH 12% NAHUATL .5% MAYA .3%
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SPANISH ENGLISH HINDI PERCENT OF THE WORLD POPULATION 15 12 9 6 3 0--Number of Living Languages in 2018 Most Spoken Languages in the World
MANDARIN
WE ALL SPEAK IT
Language Shapes Our Lives
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Primary Language Centers
BROCA’S AREA
This area is tasked with directing the processes that lead to speech utterance.
How Language Changes Our Perception ds”
The idea that language shapes our brains has fallen out of favor, but new tools have researchers revisiting the concept
However, does switching between different languages also alter our experience of the world that surrounds us? Research now shows that her assessment was absolutely correct — the language that we use does change not only the way we think and express ourselves, but also how we perceive and interact with the world. A study that appeared in the journal Psychological Science, for instance, has describe how bilingual speakers of English and German tend to perceive and describe a context differently based on the language in which they are immersed at that moment. When speaking in German, the participants had a tendency to describe an action in relation to a goal. For example, “That person is walking toward that building.” To the contrary, when speaking in English, they would typically only mention the action: “That person is walking.”
Language is the way people think as well as the way they talk, the summation of a point of view. Its use reveals unwitting attitudes.
Language holds such power over our minds, decision-making processes, and lives, so Broditsky concludes by encouraging us to consider how we might use it to shape the way we think about ourselves and the world.
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Multiple studies, for instance, have found that bilingualism can protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Two languages helps develop the medial temporal lobes of the brain, which play a key role in forming new memories.
The team noticed that in those who spoke a second language, dementia onset was delayed by as long as 4.5 years.
The human brain is divided into two hemis pheres. The left hemisphere is the “logical brain” and is involved in language. Analysis and the right hemisphere is the “creative brain,” involved in daydreaming and imagination. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body while the right hemisphere controls the left side. There are several areas of the brain that play a criti cal role in speech and language:
Bilingualism
There are several areas of the brain that play a critical role in speech and language. Bilingualism may actually confer distinct advantages to the developing brain.
Angual gyrus - allows us to associate multiple types of language-related information whether auditory, visual or sensory.
In fact, researchers have drawn many connections between bilingualism or multilingualism and the maintenance of brain health. Only 20.7 percent of American adults can speak a foreign language co mpared with 66 percent of all European adults who know more than one language.
Sources https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324529.php#1 http://magnifyskill.com/facts-and-statistics-aboutlanguages-spoken-in-the-world/ https://www.mosalingua.com/en/most-studiedlanguages-in-the-world/ https://k-international.com/blog/countries-with-the-most-eglish
WERNICKE’S AREA
This area’s main role is to “decode” speech.
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