My favorite for language is a short clip showing that babies under 11 months can differentiate between two Chinese Mandarin sounds, while a baby over 11 months (and, of course, adults), now accustomed to English, can't differentiate between the two sounds. It's from The Secret Life of the Brain series.
Here's a site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode2/index.html The whole series is very good. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Patricia Santoro <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thinking, Language, and Intelligence. My friend just found out yesterday > and she will probably focus on the Language part of the trio. I'm sure there > are good video clips of children learning language and other appealing > aspects of the topic. Once again, if you have a favorite, please share and I > will pass it on. > > Thanks to everyone who offered helpful comments, particularly the > suggestion of developing the mindset of an entertainer. I know with that > many students in the class, you need to have high energy to get through it. > Getting the students involved was also a good idea, and I've done it with a > class of 150 by having them stand up or sit down in response to certain > questions (the movement kept them awake at 9 am), but I'm not sure if that > would work with 300. > > Thanks again, > > Pat Santoro > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Frostburg State University > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=8966 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-8966-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8971 or send a blank email to leave-8971-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
