Find a Ted Talk or NPR Podcast covering a subject related to language and culture/society. It can be about language and changing demographics, language acquisition, the nature of sign language –there are literally thousands of talks and podcasts to choose from. Write a 1-2 page paper connecting the topic of the talk/podcast to concepts we have learned about in class. In what ways do you understand this talk/podcast differently because of what we have learned about this semester? Justify your answer using (citing) readings, module content and lecture material.

*****concepts learned in class come from this textbook: Ahearn, Laura. 2012.Living Language. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-2441-6 *****