Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Literacy in My Life -- Mathematics Language

We cannot live without literacies, because they are the tools for people to communicate with each other. There are also numbers of languages in the world. Some people speak their own languge in the particular area. Therefore, people from different parts of the world cannot understand the other language which spoken by others. However, there is a language that the people all around the world can understand, interpret and communicate with others, that is the mathematics language.

I am taking math class now, and what makes it different from other classes for me is I can easily follow what the teacher is teachering, even though it is taught in my second language. Most signs and formulas are the same in math, we learned them in our high schools no matter where we are from and no matter what language we are speaking.

I am always considering the Arabic numerals are the greatest invention in human's history.
Not only in maths, but also Physics and Chemistry. The whole world is using the same equations and formulas. We can make each other understood without using another mediate language.

With these language literacies, our scientific work becomes less tough. We use them to make charts and tables to show others some circumstances without misunderstanding. Think about it, that is really an amazing thing, isn't it?

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