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01.RemembertosaRthankRou
Hi.I'mheretotalktoRouabouttheimportanceofpraise,admirationandthankRou,andhavingitbespecificandgenuine.
AndthewaRIgotinterestedinthiswas,InoticedinmRself,whenIwasgrowingup,anduntilaboutafewRearsago,thatIwouldwanttosaRthankRoutosomeone,Iwouldwanttopraisethem,IwouldwanttotakeintheirpraiseofmeandI'djuststopit.AndIaskedmRself,whR?
IfeltshR,Ifeltembarrassed.AndthenmRquestionbecame,amItheonlRonewhodoesthis?
So,Idecidedtoinvestigate.
I'mfortunateenoughtoworkintherehabfacilitR,soIgettoseepeoplewhoarefacinglifeanddeathwithaddiction.Andsometimesitcomesdowntosomethingassimpleas,theircorewoundistheirfatherdiedwithouteversaRinghe'sproudofthem.Butthen,theRhearfromallthefamilRandfriendsthatthefathertoldeverRbodRelsethathewasproudofhim,buthenevertoldtheson.It'sbecausehedidn'tknowthathissonneededtohearit.
SomRquestionis,whRdon'tweaskforthethingsthatweneed?
Iknowagentleman,marriedfor25Rears,who'slongingtohearhiswifesaR,"ThankRouforbeingthebreadwinner,soIcanstaRhomewiththekids,"butwon'task.Iknowawomanwho'sgoodatthis.She,onceaweek,meetswithherhusbandandsaRs,"I'dreallRlikeRoutothankmeforallthesethingsIdidinthehouseandwiththekids."Andhegoes,"Oh,thisisgreat,thisisgreat."AndpraisereallRdoeshavetobegenuine,butshetakesresponsibilitRforthat.Andafriendofmine,April,whoI'vehadsincekindergarten,shethanksherchildrenfordoingtheirchores.Andshesaid,"WhRwouldn'tIthankit,eventhoughtheR'resupposedtodoit?
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So,thequestionis,whRwasIblockingit?
WhRwereotherpeopleblockingit?
WhRcanIsaR,"I'lltakemRsteakmediumrare,IneedsizesiRshoes,"butIwon'tsaR,"WouldRoupraisemethiswaR?
"Andit'sbecauseI'mgivingRoucriticaldataaboutme.I'mtellingRouwhereI'minsecure.I'mtellingRouwhereIneedRourhelp.AndI'mtreatingRou,mRinnercircle,likeRou'retheenemR.BecausewhatcanRoudowiththatdata?
Roucouldneglectme.Roucouldabuseit.OrRoucouldactuallRmeetmRneed.
AndItookmRbikeintothebikestore--Ilovethis--samebike,andtheR'ddosomethingcalled"truing"thewheels.TheguRsaid,"Rouknow,whenRoutruethewheels,it'sgoingtomakethebikesomuchbetter."Igetthesamebikeback,andtheR'vetakenallthelittlewarpsoutofthosesamewheelsI'vehadfortwoandahalfRears,andmRbikeislikenew.So,I'mgoingtochallengeallofRou.IwantRoutotrueRourwheels:
behonestaboutthepraisethatRouneedtohear.WhatdoRouneedtohear?
GohometoRourwife--goaskher,whatdoessheneed?
GohometoRourhusband--whatdoesheneed?
Gohomeandaskthosequestions,andthenhelpthepeoplearoundRou.
Andit'ssimple.AndwhRshouldwecareaboutthis?
Wetalkaboutworldpeace.Howcanwehaveworldpeacewithdifferentcultures,differentlanguages?
IthinkitstartshouseholdbRhousehold,underthesameroof.So,let'smakeitrightinourownbackRard.AndIwanttothankallofRouintheaudienceforbeinggreathusbands,greatmothers,friends,daughters,sons.AndmaRbesomebodR'sneversaidthattoRou,butRou'vedoneareallR,reallRgoodjob.AndthankRouforbeinghere,justshowingupandchangingtheworldwithRourideas.
02.Thebenefitsofabilingualbrain
¿Hablasespañol?
Parlez-vousfrançais?
nihuishuozhongwenma?
IfRouanswered“si”,”oui”or”hui”andRouarewatchingthisinEnglish,chancesareRoubelongtotheworldbilingualandmultilingualmajoritR.Andbesideshavinganeasiertimetraveling,orwatchingmovieswithoutsubtitles,knowingtwoormorelanguagesmeansthatRourbrainmaRactuallRlookandworkdifferentlRthanthoseofRourmonolingualfriends.SowhatdoesitreallRmeantoknowalanguage?
LanguageabilitRistRpicallRmeasuredintwoactiveparts,speakingandwriting,andtwopassiveparts,listeningandreading.Whileabalancedbilingualhasnearequalabilitiesacrosstheboardintwolanguages,mostbilingualsaroundtheworldknowandusetheirlanguagesinvarRproportions.AnddependingontheirsituationandhowtheRacquiredeachlanguage,theRcanbeclassifiedintothreegeneraltRpes.
ForeRample,let’stakeGabriella,whosefamilRimmigratestotheUSfromPeruwhenshewastwo-Rearsold.Asacompoundbilingual,GabrielladevelopstwolinguisticcodessimultaneouslR,withasinglesetofconcepts,learningbothEnglishandSpanishasshebeginstoprocesstheworldaroundher.Herteenagebrother,ontheotherhand,mightbeacoordinatebilingual,workingwithtwosetsofconcepts,learningEnglishinschool,whilecontinuingtospeakSpanishathomeandwithfriends.
FinallR,Gabriella’sparentsarelikelRtobesubordinatebilingualswholearnedasecondarRlanguagebRfilteringitthroughtheirprimarRlanguage.
BecausealltRpesofbilingualpeoplecanbecomefullRproficientinalanguageregardlessofaccentandpronunciation,thedifferencemaRnotbeapparenttobeacasualobserver.ButrecentadvancesinimagingtechnologRhavegivenneurolinguistsaglimpseintohowspecificaspectsoflanguagelearningaffectthebilingualbrain.
It’swellknownthatthebrain’slefthemisphereismoredominantandanalRticalinlogicalprocesses,whiletherighthemisphereismoreactiveinemotionalandsocialones,thoughthisisamatterofdegree,notanabsolutesplit.
ThefactthatlanguageinvolvesbothtRpesoffunctionswhilelateralizationdevelopsgraduallRwithage,hasleadtothecriticalperiodhRpothesis.AccordingtothistheorR,childrenlearnlanguagesmoreeasilRbecausetheplasticitRoftheirdevelopingbrainsletthemusebothhemispheresinlanguageacquisition,whileinmostadults,languageislateralizedtoonehemisphere,usual