I do not think that these two approaches are necessarily at odds.
“Torah speaks the language of human beings” means that it uses terms which enable people to understand, even when those people are tied to their own personal and intellectual limitations. For instance, it says “the eyes of G-d” even if giving physical attributes to Hashem is not proper.

On the other hand Rabbi Akiva says that everything in Torah has a specifical function, and nothing is written (or not written) there for no reasons. Hashem with His Divine Wisdom has combined these and who knows how many other ideas in our holy Torah. And He gave it as a gift to us.