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TO LEARN A LANGUAGE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE CULTURE.

TO KNOW A CULTURE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE LANGUAGE.

Are you aware of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: 

• the limits and structure of language determines their user’s thoughts and actions.
• Language reflects perception, and it also reflects the history of a culture
• It explains why certain ideas and beliefs are so prominent

WHAT IS THE CULTURE OF SUCCESS AND RESILIENCE?

DO YOU SPEAK IT’S LANGUAGE?

DID YOU KNOW:

• In people who speak more than one language, studies have shown that when they switch languages, they also “switch” their personality to fit the language!

• That is, they seem to shift their way of thinking to reflect that of the people who speak the respective language.

Weiner, Bernard. (2010). Attribution Theory. 10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0098.