https://youtu.be/DK4NhmY5bK0 – The Secret Life of the Brain (2 of 5) The Child’s Brain (2002) This video highlights the neurological basis of language development. It also examines possible etiology of a language disorder, dyslexia. For this assignment, you will need to answer the following questions based on the video: 1. If you tried to learn a foreign language now, why would it take so much more work than when you learned to speak your native language(s) as a very young child? **MY NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ARMENIAN* 2. What difficulties do 8-year-old Katie Warrick and 14-year-old Michael Rehbein face after their brain surgeries? How do they deal with them? How does the brain compensate to learn to speak after the surgery? 3. Reading is one of the most complicated activities the brain learns to perform. Summarize your understanding of how the brain learns this task. 4. You met Russel, who was diagnosed with dyslexia. Briefly describe what dyslexia is, what contribute to its etiology and how to treat it as shown in the video. When submitting your assignment, please make sure to include the question and write your answer below each question. You must use the video and concepts from the readings. Your submission must be written in your own words – do not use direct quotes or copy and pasted text from other sources. Your submission should be approximately 300 words. Please include the word count at the bottom of your submission.
