Language Acquisition

Okay, so I found this and thought it was adorable! The video goes through the seven different stages of language learning and explains what they all are as well as how they work. Using cute drawings as well as videos, she shows very nicely how all of the stages. I thought that this video was super cute and it was also really interesting to me because I am very close to children that are all going through the different stages (My sister is pregnant as well as having an 18 month old daughter. I also have a goddaughter who just turned 4 months old a week ago.) It's kind of cool to know what's going on in their language acquisition and also to know what stage their in!

To Sing with a Pencil

So, this video is all about saving languages through music. The speaker, Susanna Zaraysky, speaks briefly about the diminishing numbers of languages in our world. She then goes on to talk about how she hopes to revitalize languages through music. From here, she sings a lovely song in an endangered language. It's very beautiful and makes me smile. Ever since I was a child I've been interested in both endangered as well as dead languages. I wanted to learn as many of them as I could, perhaps even bring some of them back. I don't really know why, but it was something that I wanted to do. I really do hope that she's successful in her efforts! If you want to skip ahead to her singing, it starts at 2:35.

Slang For an Old Pencil

Well, hello again! So today I found a lovely video about old slang that should be brought back to life! Some of it is super funny, some of it is a little scary (i.e., the "Bag O' Mystery aka a sausage). The video mostly goes through a bunch of old slang words and their meanings. Really interesting! I do believe that some of the slang words should be brought back, but I can only do so much as a single person! It all depends on other wonderful people like yourselves! Sorry this is so short, but there isn't too much I can say about this, other than it's fun!