The Dying Huilliche Languages of Chile

A. Circle the correct word to complete the sentences.

a. The Huilliche community is located in Chile/ Argentina.
b. The vocabulary of the Tsesungun and Huilllichesungun languages is very similar/ different.
c. The endangered languages have few/ many fluent speakers.
d. The youngest/ oldest speaker of Huillichesungun is 40 years old.
e. Some Choroy Traigen/ Wequetrumao uses Tsesungun greetings and words in their
conversations.
B. Choose the best statements of the given sentence.
1. There are actually two distinct languages spoken by the Huilliche community.
a. The Huilliche community includes people that speak a dying language.
b. The Huilliche community includes people that speak two different languages.
c. Most of the people in the Huilliche community speak Spanish.
2. The two languages share almost 80% of basic words, but have different sounds and
different grammar.
a. If a person speaks one language, he or she can understand the other.
b. The languages have the same verb forms.
c. The vocabulary is similar but the grammar is not, and the languages sound different.
3. The youngest speaker is 40, but all the others are a generation older.
a. Most speakers of the language are at least 60 years old.
b. The parents of the 40-year- old do not speak the language.
c. The older generation speaks Spanish.
C. If you were part of the Enduring Voices team and wanted to know more about the Huilliche
community, what would you ask them? Write six thoughtful interview questions.
1. How do you celebrate New Year?
2. Which are the most similar words between Spanish and Huillichesungun?
3. Which are your typical traditions?
4. Which are the typical food in your cuisine?
5. Have you taught your language to other people outside Huilliche community?
6. Are Chileans interested in speaking your language?

Stop Food Cravings through Imaginary Eating?

Dont eat dessert, just think about it!
A. Check () True or False. Then correct the false sentences
1. Imagining
chewing
and
swallowing
a
food
again
increases cravings.
2. Habituation happens when the
body becomes used to something.
3. Thinking about how food smells
and
tastes
increases
your
appetite.
4. If you imagine chewing and
swallowing pasta over and over
again, you wont crave ice cream
either.
5. The group that imagined eating
thirty M&Ms actually are the
fewest.

False Imagining chewing and swallowing

a food again increases cravings.

True
True

False If you imagine chewing and

swallowing pasta over and over again,
you wont crave it either.

True

B. Match the words from the reading with their meanings. One meaning will not be used.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

_c_ cravings
_e_ reduce
_b_ stimuli
_f_ appetite
_a_ repeatedly

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

over and over

something that causes a response
intense desire for something
occasionally
decrease
desire to eat

C. In addition to stopping food cravings, how else could this research improve peoples
happiness and well-being? Write a paragraph describing another way people could
use their imagination to help themselves.
If imagining youre chewing and swallowing food reduces craving, maybe itd help
people who are in the friend zone to reduce their desire of being with somebody in specific
by simply thinking theyre with him or her.