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 worlds 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 worlds 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 shouldnt 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