Understanding Language

  Understanding Language   The ability to communicate and understand is taken for granted on a daily basis. A simple typo, stutter, whisper can change the trajectory of various events. To understand is to be able to observe and learn. Our senses are supreme to this concept of ‘understanding’ and is something that we as humans utilizes every second of every minute. To see, is to identify and analyze. It is a way to provide a name, discernment, and for some species another day of survival. To be able to hear allows us to sense or understand without having to identify. Both together can evolve and create a stronger comprehension of communication.  In a seminar done recently at Loyola University, Natalia Zielinski and Elizabeth M Wakefield spoke on the correlation between physical gestures and understanding language. They focused on a study done on bilingual students and their understanding of a spoken message, specifically if that understanding was enhanced by gestures. 2 ...