Much of the “How the brain handles language” builds on the ideas I learned in AP Psychology during high school. For example, I learned that the left hemisphere of the brain is considered dominant in managing language related functions. Within the left hemisphere, Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area play distinct roles in language processing. Broca’s area is responsible for the production of speech and enables us to form words and articulate them. Wernicke’s area is vital for language comprehension, allowing us to understand the meaning of spoken and written language. However, I don't believe language is a purely biological response. While the brain’s structure plays a foundation for language learning, external factors also play a significant role. For instance, social interactions, cultural context, and individual experiences all play a role in how language is learned and used. An area interesting to me is semantics, which is the study of meaning in language. The process of language learning requires connecting new information to prior knowledge, making inferences, and organizing words into groups of related meaning. These readings remind me of how I learned most of my Korean language as a kid, by connecting new information to prior knowledge, and making inferences to new words.