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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.07,0:00:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, my name is Tharessa Kehl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.24,0:00:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am from James W. Mitchell High School.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.31,0:00:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, I will be speaking to you\Nabout the need
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.75,0:00:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for early second language exposure.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.46,0:00:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I get into all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.22,0:00:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to ask you all\Na couple of questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.11,0:00:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By a show of hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.78,0:00:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many of us have taken\Na foreign language during high school?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, pretty much all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.14,0:00:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, raise your hand again
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.14,0:00:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've taken more\Nthan two years of that language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.100,0:00:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good amount. OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.35,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, last question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.10,0:00:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please raise your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.34,0:00:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you feel that you have gained\Nfluency in that language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.73,0:00:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.32,0:00:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These results are directly correlating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.53,0:00:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the issue I'll be speaking about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.49,0:00:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In today's globally interconnected society
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.74,0:00:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's becoming increasingly important\Nto learn multiple languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.11,0:00:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, the school systems have instituted\Nforeign language curriculums
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.04,0:00:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in most of the nations' public schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.78,0:01:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, as you've just shown,\Nthese methods are not efficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.77,0:01:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also supporting this claim is the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.10,0:01:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that according\Nto the general social survey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.23,0:01:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only around 0.07% of students learn \Ntheir second language during high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.35,0:01:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With such abysmal results,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.76,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's no wonder why people\Nare starting to question
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the importance\Nof foreign language learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.84,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, research has shown
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that learning a second language
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.78,0:01:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increases your cognitive abilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.12,0:01:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multitasking skills,\Nand has also been linked
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.73,0:01:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the delay in onset\Nof mental degenerative diseases
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.23,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Alzheimer's.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.07,0:01:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only this, but the use ability
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.81,0:01:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate in other languages
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.87,0:01:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is pivotal in the US's ability\Nto maintain its position
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.25,0:01:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the global market.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.38,0:01:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this information, we can conclude
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.60,0:01:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the problem lies not in the concept
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.67,0:01:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather these methods\Nwe go about applying it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.09,0:01:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, the solution becomes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.06,0:02:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to institute mandatory\Nforeign education programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.25,0:02:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from grades kindergartens to twelve.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.61,0:02:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By extending the period of exposure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.18,0:02:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and focusing on the listening, speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.53,0:02:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and comprehension abilities\Nof our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.59,0:02:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are able to let them learn\Nin a more natural way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.91,0:02:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let them be continually exposed\Nto this language,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.81,0:02:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which simulates a type of emergent effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.16,0:02:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, by taking advantage of a young age,\Nwe're able to take advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.38,0:02:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the increased cerebral plasticity\Nof the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.66,0:02:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The areas highlighted in the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.60,0:02:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show the regions associated\Nwith language learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.39,0:02:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a younger age, these regions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.12,0:02:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are increasingly more susceptible\Nto external stimuli,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.69,0:02:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore it makes\Nthe learning process a bit easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.48,0:02:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, going along with this, is the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.46,0:02:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a critical period hypothesis,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.72,0:03:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that\Nthere's a period in a child's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.16,0:03:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually all the way up\Nuntil before puberty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.75,0:03:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which children are able\Nto learn languages more efficiently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.53,0:03:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is due to the lack\Nof cerebral lateralization in the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.16,0:03:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, for another words,\Nlanguage dominance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.91,0:03:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not having to constantly\Nfilter the new language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.16,0:03:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their mother tongue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.100,0:03:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, due to a more flexible\Nstate of the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.79,0:03:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the younger children are able\Nto mimic and hear different sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.48,0:03:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enabling them to create\Nmore native-like pronunciation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.43,0:03:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As research showed,\Nthat tracked US immigrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.35,0:03:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the younger the child\Ncame into the United Sates,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.29,0:03:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more natural and the more native-like\Ntheir pronunciation was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.18,0:03:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also saw an increase\Nin the proficiency of the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.67,0:03:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this being said, we can conclude
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.87,0:03:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the United States school system
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.18,0:03:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to rearrange the way\Nthey look at foreign language learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.64,0:04:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to put in new systems\Nthat start in grades kindergartens
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.35,0:04:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go all the way through twelve,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.14,0:04:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to maximize the potential\Nof our nation's youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.65,0:04:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to increase the number\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.83,0:04:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of bilingual and multilingual students\Nin the nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.31,0:04:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to create a more\Nglobalized and connected society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.09,0:04:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'll leave you guys with a quote,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.64,0:04:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The limits of your language\Nare the limits of your world."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.97,0:04:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many languages\Nare you willing to learn?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.29,0:04:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How far are you willing\Nto limit your world?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.97,0:04:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.15,0:04:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)