What Is Your Primary Language?

Have you ever considered how many languages there are in the world? How is that language communicated? What about when and how language was started?

Cursive Writing

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Besides speaking a language it can be written as well. Before language was invented there were several stone carvings of pictures. Seemingly this was how some communicated. What is the primary language in your household? Do you speak more than one language in your household? I recall when I worked, I attended a cultural seminar. To my surprise I learned there were households that spoke 2 languages. Some of them were comprised of English and Spanish. Several shared that their parents who spoke Spanish never cared to learn English; my coworkers shared that they would translate to their parents because of this. This was very interesting.

1. Writing

Did you know that the earliest known writing was invented in the Mesopotamia region around 3400 B.C. in an area called Sumer near the Persian Gulf? This is according to getty.edu. They further added that writing began with pictographs (picture words) drawn into clay with a pointed tool.

2. Why Did Humans Start Writing?

Now according to bl.uk/history it was discovered that writing could be used for numerous things such as recording temple offerings and recording workers wages.

3. Ancient Egyptians

Did you know that the ancient Egyptians developed the 24-hour day and 365 -day calendar, established hieroglyphic pictorial writing system, followed by the hieroglyphic system that used ink on papyrus paper? This is according to history.com. They further added that Ancient China, 2000 B.C. developed the decimal system, abacus and sundial, as well as the printing press; which allowed for the publication and distribution of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.

4. Cursive Writing

Have you observed that this generation knows very little about cursive? Regardless to what language they may speak. My grandchildren were questioning something that I wrote in cursive. They did not understand it. It was like something foreign to them. Cursive handwriting teaching is becoming extinct in schools. Instead more computers are used in the classroom. I recall my grandchildren having their own personal computers provided for the school in class and to be taken home for homework. Things have really changed since 100 years ago. I would have loved to have a computer to take home from school when I was in school.

Did you know that in 2010, the United States government officially removed cursive from the required Common Core Standards for K-12 education? Npr.Org., talks about this. They further added that laptops and tablets replacing paper, and the need to learn the keyboard has become more important.

Students with learning disabilities, specifically dyslexia, can have a hard time with writing in print because many of the letters look similar, particularly b and d according to Resilient Educator.com.   They also stated that Cursive letters, however, look very different from print letters, and it also reinforces motor skills for any student.

I recall some saying, “Your signature looks like a doctor’s handwriting.” I did not give it much thought until later in life. Several doctor signatures are unrecognizable. You often wonder, “What kind of signature is that.” But it has been said that it is the intent of the signature, because there are those that sign their names with just an X. As you can see things are changing over the course of time right before your very eyes.

5. Who is in Gen Z?

Generation Z is anyone born between 1997 and 2012 according to Pew Research, deseret.com. They further added that a 2018 study showed that 95% of Generation Z teens have a smartphone. Does your child or grandchild have a Smartphone? Perhaps they have asked for one and you told them they are not old enough or responsible enough? Are your children or grandchildren falling into this category? Perhaps you know of others falling into this category? I understand that Generation Z has grown up and is growing up in Technology. I see that everyday with my grandchildren. Technology seemingly is a language of it’s own and is everywhere.

I observed in the doctor’s office, in the hospital, at the eye doctor, etc. people are on their Smartphones. They are no longer reading the magazines because they can literally get the magazines on their Smartphone which is much quicker. When waiting at the doctor’s office rather than getting on my Smartphone, I like to observed others on theirs. I may watch Television, because most offices have a television, including my dentist office. Even when I served Jury Duty there would be several computers available for free access while we waited to see if a case is solved or whether we would be picked to serve on a case. Again, technology is everywhere.

How many places can you think of that use technology? What about the restaurants? The waitresses now take your order on an iPad. McDonald’s and several other fast-food places allow you to place your order on a kiosk, pay for it then, and just pick the order up. One of my favorites is placing an order online in town and then going to pick it up. There is no waiting in line. It is just much faster. Almost like a microwave. Technology seems to be overriding cursive writing regardless to what language you speak. 

6. Who is Gen Alpha?

Gen Alpha’s were born between 2010 and 2025 and mark a new digital age. Gen Alphas are a most racially diverse generation, Gen Alpha will be incredibly comfortable with technology and are use to being able to access information at a moment’s notice, whereas Gen Z Generation hardly go a day without sustaining relationships through social media apps, and research is still ongoing on the link between social media and mental health; and Generation Z has been marked by an uptick in anxiety and depression. This is talked about at navigate360.com

So how many languages do you speak fluently?

Sources:

Where Did Writing Come From?

 

Why Did Humans Start Writing?

 6 Early Human Civilizations

 

What students lost since cursive writing was cut from the Common Corestandards

 

5 Reasons Cursive Writing Should be Taught in School

 

Gen Z never learned cursive. The effects of this are more widespread than you think

 

What You Need to Understand about Generation Z Students

 

Gen Z vs. Gen Alpha: Learning Styles in the Classroom

 

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