video activity

QUESTIONS:

1. Which is the 'trick' (process) that enables us to communicate something to others?

2. Do animals talk? If not, What do they do to communicate?

3. What do we express when we talk?

4. WHat did Dr Deb Roy try to achieve in his house?

5. Which are the earliest stages in language for a child?

6. What external and internal factors made the data recollected in the experiment into something they could use?

7. How did the parent's speech change from their son's first word until he could utter more complex structures?

8. What does Dr Deb Roy compare the "blossoming" of a speech form?

ANSWERS:
1. Is a sequence of noises, that other people of the same culture, and that speak the same language are able to understand.

2. They make sounds that for them, has meaning, but we can´t understand.

3. We express emotions, feelings and needings.

4. Understand how did the process of learning to talk went from the very begining.

5. In a first instance, they do bobbling, just testing sounds. Then, a more advanced stage, they are able to pronounce single words. After this, they can make short fraces, like to ask something: "more milk", "stop that", "hug me"... Finally, babies are able to pronounce and formulate more complex sentences.

6. The circunstances in wich the baby said the words.

7. They started to comunnicate more and interact more with him, and the son could get more "information" and see more examples of words.

8. With the growth of a plant.