Language, Culture, and Perception: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Subgroup Size

Large Group

Duration

1 hour and 10 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity adapted by Lindsey Macdonald, CILMAR, from the following:
 

Rachel Anderson Droogsma, PhD, for the Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Capstone Project (Spring 2008). The activity is no longer available online.

Tags:

  1. communication
  2. culture
  3. language
  4. media
  5. other awareness
  6. Sapir-Whorf
  7. self-awareness
  8. values

Before beginning this activity, the facilitator should familiarize themselves with the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (see the PowerPoint in Links).

The facilitator may also choose to help explain the hypothesis using the "How Language Shapes the Way We Think" TEDTalk by Lera Boroditsky (also in Links).