Wrap Up

FINAL TASK

* The most that I remember about the class.

I remember each class in the lab, because in my opinion, it was a dinamic way to teaching a topic, also because it increases the interest in the students.
In a general opinion all the classes are dificult to forget, becaue I always have thought that Mr Zea´s classes are so good and his dinamic alway is the best in order to make easy the learning process.

*What did I enjoy most?

The class that you did about a relax moment, because it was an extremelly good activity, so we could carry our mind far away from the diary stress of the rutine. I really liked it o much.

*There was not something that I disliked. To tell the true, I always have liked your classes because your metodology and only way to teaching. I really enjoyed everything that I could learn from you.


Finally, I want to thank you about everything that you gave us in this academic process, it was really nice to have you as a teacher again. I hope find you soon in another class, it has been a pleasure for me too. Thank you George!

The Linguists

Pre-Movie Activity:

1.  What does the title tell you that this movie is going to be about?

Based on the title, I think it could be about someone who has many abilities with practice of language and maybe he, or she, or they are going to share some information about different languages.

2.  Based on what we have discussed in the class, what is the meaning or meanings of the word LINGUIST?

Basically, Linguist is a person who know many languages and practice them in a good way. 

3.  How can a language become dead?

First of all, because it is not as practiced as it would have.

Second, because there are not as much people tha speak a language, people are disappearing through the ages.

4.  What would happen if a language doesn't exist anymore?

I think there will be not communication, people won´t have anyone way to express your words, or maybe they will just communicate by writting or drawing, I guess; and their cultures can be affected. 

During-Movie Activities:

1. After watching the trailer, what is the movie going to be about?

This movie is going to be about two guys who have some language skills and they are going to visit some places in order to get knowledge about different languages and cultures.

2. Fill in the following chart:

Language	Location	Number of speakers	Why is dissapearing?
Chulym	Siberia	9	Because young people just speak Russian language.
Chemewevi	Arizona	5	Because most of people speak in English.
Sora	India
Kallawaya	Bolivia	2	This language is not showed to children, instead it is teached to teenagers who can learn it.

After-Movie Activities:

1. How is this movie related to the course of Epistemology?

The movie is a good relation with Epistemology because it show us how much is important the mother language in the different cultures and societies of a country. Also as epistemology as the movie, teach us the roots of a language, how it is acquired ot known and how it can be used depending on the context.

2. Please relate each of the topics of Linguistics discussed in class to a part of the movie.

- LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: 

The movie showed us that even children born in an specific country, they couldn´t  speak the native language of that place because they just spoke what they heard, with not teaching.

- SOCIOLINGUISTICS: 

This topic is involved in the movie because it showed the relation between language and society and their use depending on the context, culture and social elements.

- LINGUISTICS: 

People in that movie showed us how a language in the different societies was related with the culture and how much it influenced in that culture; and why a language could be reforced or forgotten.

3. Answer ONE of the following questions.

• A critical stage in language death is reached when children stop learnig the language. Discuss the kinds of conditions that would make children want or not want to learn a language spoken by their parents or grandparents.

Rta. In my opinion, chilhood is the best age to learn and develop all abilities that a person can have. I think we have to choose the correct way to teach and show everything about a language in our culture, and specially with children because they can get every word that they hear from someone. The didactic way to teach something is one of the elements that we can use in order to improve communication between people and the context and culture of our native cities is another useful element which we can learn as much as we want.