Saturday, October 22, 2016

4 Reasons to Learn a New Langauge


Above is a 10 min. long video about reasons to learn a new language. They are

  1. In order to really understand a culture you need to be able to speak their language
  2. Speaking more languages has been shown to delay dementia, and multi-lingual speakers are better at multi-tasking than speakers of just one language
  3. Languages are fun! Learning to speak in different word order is like driving on the different side of a street in another country.
  4. It's never been easier to teach yourself another language. 
"It won't change your mind but it certainly will blow your mind"
Hot Tamale Activities

Create a new blog post in your Spanish Blog Portfolio and complete one of the following tasks
  • Which of the reasons John McWhorter gives was most convincing to you? Explain your answer
  • What are you personal 4 reasons you want to lean another language? 
  • McWhorter ends his presentation with the quote "It won't change your mind but it certainly will blow your mind" - give details about a time learning Spanish has blown your mind.
  • What makes this presentation good? Identify 5 things McWhorter does that makes his presentation good/great.


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