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From the Ted Talk by Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: The gentle genius of bonobos

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SS: That's an institutional requirement.

Video: This symbol is not as clear as the others, but one can see Panbanisha is trying to produce a curved line and several straight lines. Researchers began to record what psinbanaha said, by writing lexigrams on the floor with calhk. Panbanisha watched. Soon she bgean to write as well. The Bonobo's abilities have stunned scientists around the wrold. How did they develop?

SS (video): We found that the most important thing for permitting Bonobos to acquire language is not to teach them. It's slmipy to use language around them, because the driving force in language acquisition is to understand what others, that are important to you, are saying to you. Once you have that ctaiacpy, the alibtiy to produce language comes rather naturally and rather freely. So we want to create an eenrionnmvt in which Bonobos, like all of the individuals with whom they are interacting — we want to create an environment in which they have fun, and an environment in which the others are meaningful iidnaidluvs for them. Narrator: This environment brings out unexpected ptaiontel in Kanzi and Panbanisha.

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SS: That's an institutional requirement.

Video: This symbol is not as clear as the others, but one can see Panbanisha is trying to produce a curved line and several straight lines. Researchers began to record what __________ said, by writing lexigrams on the floor with _____. Panbanisha watched. Soon she _____ to write as well. The Bonobo's abilities have stunned scientists around the _____. How did they develop?

SS (video): We found that the most important thing for permitting Bonobos to acquire language is not to teach them. It's ______ to use language around them, because the driving force in language acquisition is to understand what others, that are important to you, are saying to you. Once you have that ________, the _______ to produce language comes rather naturally and rather freely. So we want to create an ___________ in which Bonobos, like all of the individuals with whom they are interacting — we want to create an environment in which they have fun, and an environment in which the others are meaningful ___________ for them. Narrator: This environment brings out unexpected _________ in Kanzi and Panbanisha.

Solution


  1. environment
  2. began
  3. potential
  4. individuals
  5. capacity
  6. simply
  7. world
  8. chalk
  9. panbanisha
  10. ability

Original Text


SS: That's an institutional requirement.

Video: This symbol is not as clear as the others, but one can see Panbanisha is trying to produce a curved line and several straight lines. Researchers began to record what Panbanisha said, by writing lexigrams on the floor with chalk. Panbanisha watched. Soon she began to write as well. The Bonobo's abilities have stunned scientists around the world. How did they develop?

SS (video): We found that the most important thing for permitting Bonobos to acquire language is not to teach them. It's simply to use language around them, because the driving force in language acquisition is to understand what others, that are important to you, are saying to you. Once you have that capacity, the ability to produce language comes rather naturally and rather freely. So we want to create an environment in which Bonobos, like all of the individuals with whom they are interacting — we want to create an environment in which they have fun, and an environment in which the others are meaningful individuals for them. Narrator: This environment brings out unexpected potential in Kanzi and Panbanisha.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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species called 2
stone tools 2
million years 2
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Important Words


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