Yawning Is A Form Of Communication
Interesting Facts in Easy English
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- involuntary: occurs without one’s control (e.g. a reflex)
- contagious: spreads from one person to another
- empathy: the understanding or acknowledgment of another person’s feelings
- phenomenon: an observance in nature (often causing wonder)
- vertebrate: animals with a backbone or spine
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Yawning Is A Form Of Communication
Comprehension Questions
- What often happens when a person sees another person yawn?
- According to some research, what happens to the brain when we yawn?
- Why might yawning be a form of protection for animals?
Discussion Question: Babies yawn before they are born. However, some studies suggest that contagious yawning doesn’t happen until a child is about five years old. This is around the time a child begins to develop “empathy”. What can be inferred from this finding?
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9 comments
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srnuisno says:
I heard if you yawn, there’s a ghost shoving his weiner to yo mouth 0.0
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Shane Yvanez Adora Devio says:
It’s not easy
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Shane Yvanez Adora Devio says:
It’s so hard to Heard but it’s ok
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nobody says:
cool
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no name says:
it too easy, give me some hard.
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no name says:
it to easy, give me some hard
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Mac Justin R. Cabatin says:
Maam Finnish
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Loraine P. Arguelles says:
This activity helps us to exercise our mind and to test our knowledge in writing communication
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Uniqa Cruz says:
This activity helps us to exercise our mind and to test our knowledge in writing communication sentences:))