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    TED Talk Lera Boroditsky How Language Shapes

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    1) The document is a worksheet for watching a video on how language shapes thought. It has sections for before, during, and after watching including matching words to definitions, answering true/false questions about the video, and discussing a quotation. 2) The true/false questions assess information from the video, such as that some languages don't have exact number words and that losing about one language a week. 3) The post-video discussion prompts consider a quote about the limits of one's language being the limits of one's world and asks students if they agree and can provide a real-life example.

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    1) The document is a worksheet for watching a video on how language shapes thought. It has sections for before, during, and after watching including matching words to definitions, answering true/false questions about the video, and discussing a quotation. 2) The true/false questions assess information from the video, such as that some languages don't have exact number words and that losing about one language a week. 3) The post-video discussion prompts consider a quote about the limits of one's language being the limits of one's world and asks students if they agree and can provide a real-life example.

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    1) The document is a worksheet for watching a video on how language shapes thought. It has sections for before, during, and after watching including matching words to definitions, answering true/false questions about the video, and discussing a quotation. 2) The true/false questions assess information from the video, such as that some languages don't have exact number words and that losing about one language a week. 3) The post-video discussion prompts consider a quote about the limits of one's language being the limits of one's world and asks students if they agree and can provide a real-life example.

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    TED Talk Lera Boroditsky How Language Shapes

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    1) The document is a worksheet for watching a video on how language shapes thought. It has sections for before, during, and after watching including matching words to definitions, answering true/false questions about the video, and discussing a quotation. 2) The true/false questions assess information from the video, such as that some languages don't have exact number words and that losing about one language a week. 3) The post-video discussion prompts consider a quote about the limits of one's language being the limits of one's world and asks students if they agree and can provide a real-life example.

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    Name, Surname : ________________________________________________________

    A) BEFORE WATCHING: Match the words with the definitions. One word is extra.

    ___ community ___ mind ___ feminine ___ masculine ___ effect

    a) the result of a particular influence.


    b) having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of a woman.
    c) the part of a person that makes it possible to think, feel emotions, and understand things.
    d) having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of a man.

    B) WHILE WATCHING: Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky is talking about how languages shape
    the way we think. Listen to her and tick the sentences T (True) or F (False).

    1. ____ We can transmit our thoughts, ideas, and knowledge across minds.
    2. ____ There are about 6,000 languages spoken around the world.
    3. ____ Kuuk Thaayorre people live in Australia.
    4. ____ Some languages don't have exact number words like “seven” or “eight”.
    5. ____ In Russian, there is a single word for the colour blue.
    6. ____ German speakers think of the sun as male-like, and the moon female-like.
    7. ____ Two people can remember the same things about the same event.
    8. ____ Language can have really deep effects.
    9. ____ Languages don’t have broad effects.
    10. ____ We're losing about one language a week.

    C) AFTER WATCHING: Read the quotation below and answer the questions. What do you think
    this quotation means? Do you agree or disagree with the quotation? Can you give a “real life”
    example of what this quote is about?

    “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”


    — Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Name, Surname : _________________TEACHER’S KEY_________________________

    A) BEFORE WATCHING: Match the words with the definitions. One word is extra.

    ___ community _c__ mind __b_ feminine __d_ masculine _a__ effect

    a) the result of a particular influence.


    b) having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of a woman.
    c) the part of a person that makes it possible to think, feel emotions, and understand things.
    d) having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of a man.

    B) WHILE WATCHING: Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky is talking about how languages shape
    the way we think. Listen to her and tick the sentences T (True) or F (False).

    11. __T__ We can transmit our thoughts, ideas, and knowledge across minds.
    12. __F__ There are about 6,000 languages spoken around the world.
    13. __T__ Kuuk Thaayorre people live in Australia.
    14. __ T__ Some languages don't have exact number words like “seven” or “eight”.
    15. __ F__ In Russian, there is a single word for the colour blue.
    16. __ F __ German speakers think of the sun as male-like, and the moon female-like.
    17. __ F __ Two people can remember the same things about the same event.
    18. __ T __ Language can have really deep effects.
    19. __ F __ Languages don’t have broad effects.
    20. __ T __ We're losing about one language a week.

    C) AFTER WATCHING: Read the quotation below and answer the questions. What do you think
    this quotation means? Do you agree or disagree with the quotation? Can you give a “real life”
    example of what this quote is about?

    “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”


    — Ludwig Wittgenstein

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