There are more and more exchanges between countries as we go global.Cross-cultural knowledge is coming to play a vital role in effective communications between people of different nations.As a language facilitator,lea...There are more and more exchanges between countries as we go global.Cross-cultural knowledge is coming to play a vital role in effective communications between people of different nations.As a language facilitator,learning from my own experience offers me a deeper insight into another culture and custom,thus shedding light on proper and well-accepted communications.展开更多
Based on the haunting film Mockingbird Don't Sing,this paper claims the legitimacy of the Critical Period Hypothesis with a close scrutiny of the original linguistic data collected from Katie(the heroine),as well ...Based on the haunting film Mockingbird Don't Sing,this paper claims the legitimacy of the Critical Period Hypothesis with a close scrutiny of the original linguistic data collected from Katie(the heroine),as well as the important role that neuroplasticity plays in language acquisition.展开更多
This paper aims at critiquing Katie's language in the famous film, Mockingbird Don't Sing, which is a 2001 American independent film based on the true story of Genie, a modern-day feral child, discovered in Ca...This paper aims at critiquing Katie's language in the famous film, Mockingbird Don't Sing, which is a 2001 American independent film based on the true story of Genie, a modern-day feral child, discovered in California in 1970. The analyses of Katie's language are based on Katie's language by the stimulation of some people around her after she escaped from her home according to the theories of the interactionist position, Behaviorism, the affective filter hypothesis, Innatism, the stages of language development and the critical period hypothesis. Katie's abnormal language bitterly proves the importance of critical period for language acquisition and language learning.展开更多
文摘There are more and more exchanges between countries as we go global.Cross-cultural knowledge is coming to play a vital role in effective communications between people of different nations.As a language facilitator,learning from my own experience offers me a deeper insight into another culture and custom,thus shedding light on proper and well-accepted communications.
文摘Based on the haunting film Mockingbird Don't Sing,this paper claims the legitimacy of the Critical Period Hypothesis with a close scrutiny of the original linguistic data collected from Katie(the heroine),as well as the important role that neuroplasticity plays in language acquisition.
文摘This paper aims at critiquing Katie's language in the famous film, Mockingbird Don't Sing, which is a 2001 American independent film based on the true story of Genie, a modern-day feral child, discovered in California in 1970. The analyses of Katie's language are based on Katie's language by the stimulation of some people around her after she escaped from her home according to the theories of the interactionist position, Behaviorism, the affective filter hypothesis, Innatism, the stages of language development and the critical period hypothesis. Katie's abnormal language bitterly proves the importance of critical period for language acquisition and language learning.
