LEARNING LANGUAGES Flashcards
naučena stvar
• learned skill —> the ones a student can gain with little effort and practice
nisi sposoben govoriti
• to be unable to speak —> it’s not genetic, we need to learn how to speak
glasilke potrebujejo trening
• to speak your vocal cords need training
usvojitev jezika
• language acquisition
možgani izgubijo svojo moč
• brain looses plasticity
do kdaj se morajo otroci naučiti jezika
• by the age of 5 children should learn their mother tongue
kdaj se je težje naučiti novega jezika
• it’s harder to learn a language after early puberty, after that age brain looses plasticity
prirojeno
• intrinsic (innate, inherent, basic)
naravno vs naučeno
• nature vs nurture (if it is genetic or we need to be tought to know it)
fascinantno
• to beguile (fascinate)
divji otrok
feral child
nedotaknjeno
• untainted by something (not touched by)
nič manj kot šokantno
• nothing short of sensation
gluhonem
mute
nepopisan list
blank slate
posvetiti se nečemu
• to devote yourself to something
naravne zahteve
• restrain your urges
glasilke
vocal cords
blebetati
babble
razumeti glasove
• articulate sounds (razumeti glasove, he’s very good with sounds, words) (to be articulated)
okno, da se jezika naučimo
• a window for language acquisition
naučiti se jezika
• to acquire language
travma
• psychological trauma (maybe it is the trauma fault he never learned a language)
osnovano na primeru enega otroka
• It’s based on one case
5 ways of learning a foreign language:
• watching cartoons, movies (being exposed)
• listening to songs
• reading books in foreign language (listening to someone reading them to you)
• listening to native speakers and talking to native speakers
• living abroad —> total immersion (exposed to a language 24/7, you are basically forced to learn it, you are immersed)
naučiti se jezika
• acquire (learn) language (naučiti se jezika)
pomembno je da govorimo z novorojenčkom
• It’s important to talk to your newborn baby
materni jezik
• mother tongue/first language/dominant language/native speech/native language (materni jezik)