Beyin: Gizemli Yolculuk

Hi Guys,

This week we studied the cognitive models to SLA, why don't you go and enlarge your knowledge about how brain works. Visit Koç Museum, and see the current exhibition. "Beyin: Gizemli Yolculuk", then write your review.

http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/english/index.html

Good Luck,

Tuncer Can

Universal Grammar

Hello Everybody,

1) Read Unit 7 (Universal Grammar) from your book and visit the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_grammar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_and_parameters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirahã_language
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,414291,00.html

2) Then answer the following questions:
1. If you already know a second language and start learning a third, what is the initial state?
2. What is the Criticism to UG? Answer this question by referring to Piraha People in particular.

Tuncer Can