How Language Shapes the Way We Think

 

How Language Shapes the Way We Think

   BEFORE WATCHINNG

            1. Explain the words below:

To transmit (thoughts/ideas)-

To exhale-

Bizarre (idea)-

To waltz-

To beg the question-

To speculate (about some question)-

To craft (reality)-

To go back and forth-

To weight in (on some question)-

Distinguished-

To lay st out-

To give a hint-

Pattern-

To apply-

To put boundaries between-

Quirk-

To get assigned-

To have a consequence-

To end up (doing st)-

Profoundly-

To fuss with-

Diversity-

Ingenious-

To hone-

To suit sb’s needs-

 2. Watch the video, check definitions of the words above. Do your explanations match the meanings from the video? 

2.     Questions for discussion

1.     What category examples are used in the lecture to illustrate the language shapes the way people think? How do those categories craft different peoples’ reality?

2.     Comment the ideas:

-         Language crafts reality

-         Language = cognitive universe

-         Language is a living thing

3.     What do you think the speaker’s purpose is?

4.     How does the native language shape the way we think?

5.     Can our language be a thing that limits our interaction with foreign speakers?