sheds light on

Activity: i found a web page where they put an article and i had to anser the following questions

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1. Guessing from context, what do you think "sheds light on" means in the title of the article?
2. What do the different colors represent in the brain scan picture?
3. What were the results of the MRI scans?

   People who learned a 2nd language as children used the same area of the brain to process language as those who learned as adults.
   Those who learned as children used different areas of the brain than those that learned as adults.
   Those that learned as children used one area to process both languages, while adult learners used different areas for each language.

4. How does the MRI help brain surgeons? --SELECT AN ANSWER-- Now they can talk to patients during surgery. They can find the language centers of the brain before operating. They can operate directly on the language centers of the brain.
5. What is the "map" that the article refers to?
6. True or False: The study shows conclusively that children learn language more easily than adults do. --SELECT AN ANSWER-- True False
7. Do you think children learn languages more easily than adults do? Why or why not?

my answers were: the light in the brain, yellow, orange and red, 3, 3, map of the brain, false, i believe that children learn easily because they get use to the languaje.

Reflection: it was very funny because i never thought that my brain could be tested in that way and i really don't know if mine will get orange or red and yellow because i started learning english when i was six but i just star to talk in english when i was 12.

source:http://www.eslwonderland.com/activities/reading/language/index.html