Speakers
Prof.
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka
(Kyoto Sangyo University)
Jennifer Green
(Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University)
Description
We will look at explanations from brain science about where profanity is processed and stored in the brain, to what extent we can control our production of expletives, and the emotional causes and effects of the use of profanity. We will then turn our attention to our role as educators and discuss whether we should broach this topic with students when they are bound to come across it and what stumbling blocks they may have when learning this language on their own.
