Tag Archives: language acquisition

If you had to choose…

Posted on Friday, 14 October 2011 by

First come the easy questions that lull you into a false sense of security. Skippy or Jif? Crest or Colgate? PC or Mac? Coffee or tea? The answers come quickly and easily: Skippy, Colgate, PC, and Both. But then come … Continue reading →

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The end of silence

Posted on Friday, 7 October 2011 by

One of the latest sensations to be headed around Cyberland is a video of 29-year-old Sloan Churman, a woman who had been born deaf and lived with severe-to-profound hearing loss her whole life. Last week, the You Tube video of … Continue reading →

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Pick a language, any language

Posted on Monday, 25 April 2011 by

There is a new women’s clothing store on the corner of 2nd Ave and 41st Street in Manhattan. Apart from the distressing orange and paisley strapless jumper displayed in the window, the thing that stood out about this store was … Continue reading →

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The brain: How children learn languages

Posted on Saturday, 17 July 2010 by

Many moons ago, I saw Laura-Ann Petitto speak at a conference at Boston University about language acquisition in deaf children. This article about her research on language acquisition overall is fascinating. http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/837019–the-brain-how-children-learn-language

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