Psychologyspeaking topic

Adults born deaf who never learned a sign language, then acquire language late in life, say things like 'I realized I had never truly thought before', as if the wordless mind lived in a fog. Does language merely carry thought, or is language the very thing that makes thought possible?

— late language acquisition (the Ildefonso case, Susan Schaller)

practice with this topic

Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.