The reading and the lecture both discuss apes communication. The reading says that apes can communicate although they can’t speak. The lecture, however, disagrees by saying that apes can’t communicate.
The reading and the lecture first discuss acquiring language. The reading states that apes can communicate because they can understand a language and respond at a human child’s level. Conversely, the lecture says acquiring language means use language creatively, take turns and communicate on one’s own without a signal from humans.
The reading and the lecture next discuss why apes can’t speak. The reading says that apes can’t speak because physically unable, but they can use sign language to show emotion, discriminate sounds and use keyboard of symbols. The lecture, on the other hand, claims that difference in opinion among a researcher that people believing in ape communication say those against haven’t worked with apes and people skeptical of ape communication say believers are blinded by attachment. Furthermore brain scan comparisons might solve dispute.
In conclusion, the speaker says that apes can communicate. While the reading claims that apes can communicate.