Languages
Part # 1: Mandarin Chinese. Part # 2: English. Part # 3: German. Part # 4: French. Part # 5: Italian. Part # 6: Spanish. Part # 7: How many languages are spoken in the world? Part # 8: What are some advantages of learning languages? Part # 9: The language of math. Part # 10: The language of coding. Part # 11: Sign language. Part # 12: Body language. Part # 13: Languages of love. Part # 14: The language of music.
Part # 1 Mandarin Chinese
12 Chinese words / phrases English
Chinese pronounciation
Hello
Nihao?
How are you?
Nihao ma?
I am ok.
Haixing
And you?
Ni ne?
See you later.
Dzeye jyen
I would like
Wor yaoww....
Yes
Shrr
No
Boo-shrr
Thank you
Sshyeah-sshyeah
Sorry
Dway-boo-chee
My name is
Wo xing....
Bon appetit
Manman chi
Some sources of inspiration http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/phrasebook/ http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/mandarin.php http://www.standardmandarin.com/chinese-phrases http://translate.google.com/#en/zh-CN/person http://youtu.be/qR72RnEwl0M
Part # 2 English
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/English-2817429
Part # 3 German
Places where German is a key language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DeutschsprachigeWelt.png
Part # 4 French
Places where French is a key language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map-Francophone_World.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/IndoEuropeanTree.svg
French is part of the Italic languages
Part # 5 Italian
Italian is the official language of Italy and parts of Switzerland. Italian is also used by some people living in, for example, Malta, Libya, Somalia, Slovenia, Croatia, USA, UK, Argentina and Australia. http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/languages-for-the-future-report_0.pdf
http://youtu.be/cMXrHJuGmI4
Part # 6 Spanish
Places where Spanish is a key language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map-Hispanophone_World.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/IndoEuropeanTree.svg
Spanish is part of the Italic languages
Part # 7 How many languages are spoken in the world?
6,000 to 7,000 languages are spoken in the world. http://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1810040/infographic-world-languages http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html, minute 14. https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU
Each dot = the geographic center of the world’s languages
http://www.ethnologue.org/country_index.asp
On the island of Papua New Guinea, a country with a population of about 6 million people, more than 800 different languages are used. Sources http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html, minute 15. http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/01/10/168878237/jared-diamond-a-new-guineacampfire-and-why-we-should-want-to-speak-five-languag
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/worlds-most-multilingual-countries
The world’s 10 most multilingual countries
http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html
Top 10 languages. Numbers in millions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers http://www.ethnologue.com/statistics/size http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/languages-for-the-future-report_0.pdf
Choosing a common language can dramatically improve how employees collaborate across borders - even though it also introduces new challenges. The decision to adopt a common language must be balanced with the need to speak local languages and adapt to local cultures. https://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1
Part # 8 What are some advantages of learning languages?
Children, who learn to speak more languages, can be better at communication than children who speak only 1 language. Being exposed to more languages improves social abilities. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html?_r=0
A study showed that bilingual children were better at guessing what people were thinking, perhaps because they are constantly monitoring who in their world spoke what language.
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21696489-advantages-working-your-own-language-are-obvious-those-working-foreign
Bilingual people are more efficient at higher-level brain functions such as
ignoring irrelevant information. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-shows-that-people-who-speak-two-languages-havemore-efficient-brains/2014/11/18/e027a27e-6a7c-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html
Bilingual children adjust to
environmental changes better. http://www.edudemic.com/learn-another-language-bilingual/
Because words in a second language, when learned later in life, do not carry the same emotional impact as the words of one's native tongue, individuals made more
rational decisions when using their second language. http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-knowing-a-foreign-language-results-in-more-rational-decisions
If you speak 2 languages, dementia
is less likely to set in.
https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU minute 6.
Language training is an important investment in employees. However, to reach cultural fluency, more work is needed. Language fluency does not equal cultural fluency. https://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1
Further inspiration https://www.duolingo.com/ http://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1334.full
Part # 9 The language of math
http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html
http://www.frankcalberg.com/matheducation
Part # 10 The language of coding
Why shouldn’t people understand how to “speak” JavaScript? Chamath Palihapitiya
http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/High_Tech_Telecoms_Internet /Managing_disruptive_technology_A_conversation_with_investor _Chamath_Palihapitiya
Sources of inspiration
https://www.codeschool.com/ https://github.com/
Part # 11 Sign language
http://signsrestaurant.ca/?page_id=16
Stop sign - Spanish
http://www.imagebase.net/Concept/object12-1365200375
Skype emoticons
http://www.skype.com/
http://www.thenounproject.com/
Research shows that when we look at a smiling emoticon on the Internet, the same parts of the brain are activated as when we look at a real human face.
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2015/01/25/7-reasons-use-emoticons-social-media-according-science http://www.fastcodesign.com/3033794/evidence/the-neuroscience-of-emoticons
Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-brain-1500203
Part # 12 Body language
Google Images search on the word ”laughter” on March 16th, 2016. http://goo.gl/P35eCE
When we show our palms when talking, it means we are being honest and telling the truth.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/10/body-language-improve-patient-encounter.html
https://hbr.org/2011/04/boost-power-through-body-langu.html
Use of words 7% impact
Voice 38% impact
Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Mehrabian http://blog.doubleslash.de/richtige-kommunikation-im-softwareprojekt/
Body language 55% impact
While Westerners see direct eye contact as indicating honesty, it may be interpreted as threatening in East Asia. http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=tepper
Research shows that a firm handshake is positively related to being extrovert. https://hbr.org/2014/06/to-negotiate-effectively-first-shake-hands/
Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Introvert-and-extrovert-2037536
Part # 13 Languages of love
Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572
Part # 14 The language of music
Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-power-of-music-1380375