Some experts may have acquired knowledge that is difficult to describe in words.

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“Some experts may have acquired knowledge that is difficult to describe in words.

Does this mean that other ways of knowing play a more important role than language in knowing how to do something.”

Well firstly I feel that people who are experts in certain fields such as athletics, dancing, are born with the gift to perform well in these arts and obviously it is their body or mind, which is superior to others and allows them to perform better in their acquired field. For example if you look at an athlete. It is obvious that they are born to run faster than other people, as no ordinary person even if they trained as much as athletes do would have the ability to run as fast. Even the athlete cannot describe how they run that fast and what they do that enables them to be able to do so. They can describe to you using language how you can train and have a lifestyle like them in order to possess the fitness levels an athlete requires to perform well, however they cannot describe to you using language how they can run as fast as they do, it is a natural quality that they have been born with, which even they themselves cannot explain. An athlete can only allow us the see how they run fast by letting us watch them in action. When we do view how an athlete running, we can then only use our perception to gain any knowledge about how the athlete performs so well, which still is not enough in order for us to learn exactly how to run as well as they do. It’s not something we can be taught by having a one on one discussion with the athlete themselves either. I don’t feel that other ways of knowing play a more important role than language in being taught how to do something. In my opinion each way of knowing is equally important depending on the situation. Sometimes you will need a mixture of perception, language, reason and emotion in order to be taught and know how to do something.

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        Language in the Oxford Dictionary is described as ‘Words and their use; system of this used by a nation or group.’ I feel language is just as important as any other way of knowing in learning because as a ‘nation’ of people we must have language in order to communicate with each other, imagine if we could not speak there would be no way of teaching each other.  Take musicians for example. They themselves have their own language, which is conveyed in musical notes. In order for a musician to perform they must be able to understand this form of ...

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