Sunday, April 27, 2008

novel project


I think the novel project was a good learning experience. Honestly, I found it difficult to understand everything in details and I had to reread again and again until I got it. Having few characters helps me o focus and be less distractive and remember the names. The theme was not very original just like many other novels about serial killer but the suspense was ok. It is very long but did not have many complex words and sentences except when they talk about autopsy. I like more the beginning and the end of the novel.

Also, I think by reading the novel, discuss it in class, present it and write review, I learned a lot not just reading a novel but more like speaking, reviewing and presenting

Male and Female Communication Patterns


I think there are gender differences, at least during childhood because in general girls have better language skills than boys. I do not know why but I think may be because girls like to play with dolls and kitchen toys and talk a lot during them. Boys are good at kicking, running and breaking things!! So girls spend much time talking than boys. Maybe due genes!!
For adulthood, I think yes women like to talk a lot. It is very common in my country that women talk a lot especially at phone. So, it is cultural + genes

Research Project


I am going to research “language development”. I will try to examine how language develops from birth to just before school age (speaking and understanding). I will also talk about important factors for the development and how to make sure children develop normal language. I will also spend time explaining the important of a critical age for language development.

**I will update this later