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Patricia Kuhl's
She discusses Koro speaking that only 800 people know this language. The mother try to pass
on her child with that language led me pondering about Deaf child. I guess I ponders a bit
because I am Deaf also born to Deaf parents. I acquired my language easily because of my
parents signed me? Is that my mom doing motherese? Deaf child with hearing parents did not get
benefit with motherese in ASL so. Does it mean Deaf child will be "lost cause?" I do not believe
that, but if we promote how important for Deaf baby have motherese through ASL.
Critical period for child, it is from birth to seven years old. After that it dropped down, it is
important for a child acquire the language. It led me ponders about college offered foreign
language. It is interesting that older people will struggle acquire language. Part of me, I am one
of that especially I entered college after 50 years old. It struggles for me, but I achieve so far.
Steve Pinkers'
I tried to understand his presentation on a blank slate and hot buttons. For blank slate, I think he
tried to explain that some area of our brain starts with a blank slate. Another area of our brain
comes with knowledge by nature.

WUG
1. wugs
2. gutches
3. spows
4. Kazhes
5. ricks
6. Wuggy wug's
7. Tors

8. Quirk
9. huns
10. Nizzes
I just try imagine what child would come up. #6 I was not sure how a child will comes. It is sort
of fun to take them myself.
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Sherilyn
I would like to reply to your question to Brianne - For interpreter, you follow what your client
prefer to sign or fingerspelling. Some older people have set for their style of signs and have not
change over time. Does it make any sense to you?
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Is it amazing how humans language unique from any other living in this world. We keep
growing and changing over the time, but we still can communicate each other while another
living could not develop more than their needs to send a message.
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Humans language is unique because we could form these words through using the abstract and
ironic symbols explain our thought into the words. The community could communication each
other in the same communication system; therefore, we can discuss or share ideas. We also have
living language where we could collect a history and develop customs. We could pass to others
after we gone. Another living can sending the message but could not convey each other, show
ideas, and intentions.
Productive- our language can expansion to show the iconic or arbitrary.
Symbolic our language can show its meaning. It can analyze its meaning.
Flexible our language can develop new vocabulary to keep up our needs in this world.
Unrestricted domains our language can discuss the topic.
I am not going to listing everything what our language can do which another living could
not. Closest living is: monkey, chimpanzee, ape. They can learn the basic but could not
discussing or expansion to show the idea.
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I have to agree with you that this chapter is hard to understand. I struggle a lot myself.
I agreed with you that lot of ASL teacher became switch-coding with his/her students to make it
much easier to communication. I caught myself occasion and I stopped myself to do that
because it was not the best for my students.
I am curious about L1 and L2 because you know two language when you grew up if I
remembered correctly. Do you still struggle with any of first two languages?
I agreed with all hypothesis - interaction is essential for L2 to improve its language acquisition. It
was just like L1 child learns its language from parents then playground then friends then in the
classroom for formal training.

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Hi Bri
Since I never hear anything different in accent, I am Deaf. :-) I can usually tell though
signing. Sammie is one example has Texas accent in her signing. You have New Yourk signing
accent. I was told that I have Valley signing accent since I grew up in south part of California. I
also picked up some of my parents who grew up in Oklahoma. As Douggy mentioned it is
possible to identify where a person grew up by hearing voice accent - mine signing accent. I

thought it is neat to share my penny in that conversion. I have to agree with the book explained
why L1 child picked up first language faster than second language in later. I can see myself
because ASL is my first language so it always is easier for me to understand its grammar or
so.. I still am struggling with my English since it is my second language. Even tho, I am always
exposed English langauge everywhere but I still struggles. It can bring up some good debate on
that.
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L1 child can master a language in a few years because of cognitive maturity or metalinguistic
awareness (page 36). Its brain is just like a new sponge that absorbs everything. L1 learner is
willing or eager to learn new things through at home, playground, and classroom. L1 child
already has an idea how language works. A child gets the grammatical correct from parents.
Then child enters school, teacher teaches a child to build up a sentence. A child uses L1 in
her/his daily life. Its brain develops sequences ties to cognitive development and their
experiences in learning about relationship between people, events, and objects around them.
L2 student started late in the age and developed cognitive maturity or metalinguistic awareness.
She/he learns in the classroom. L2 students do not use L2 language in playroom or with friends.
It creates difficulty to learn faster. L2 student gets the grammatical correct from the teacher. L2
student does not use L2 in daily life. She/he tends afraid to use L2 in public, therefore, not
enough practice. It requires over years to learn and understand L2 language. L2 learner already
know first language so their model of learning is a different pattern. L2 speaks in L2 language if
not understanding and will go back to L1 language structure. It called transfer language. I saw
lot of that in my students who take ASL classes. They struggle with ASL grammar, so they
transfer signs in their first language which became English signing. They also do not interact L2
everyday life.