Open AccessLanguage and thinking: a contrastive characterization of English, French, German and Russian, with its application to language pedagogy
Author(s) -
M. Ohtsuki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
filologičeskie nauki v mgimo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3717
pISSN - 2410-2423
DOI - 10.24833/2410-2423-2021-4-28-70-73
Subject(s) - german , linguistics , experiential learning , foreign language , characterization (materials science) , contrastive analysis , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , materials science , nanotechnology
This paper seeks to give in a concise manner a holistic characterization of English, French, German and Russian, revealing at the same time the types of thinking (or thought patterns) involving these languages. The four languages are characterized respectively as being experiential/pragmatic, rational/ dualistic, idealistic, and antithetical. Based on these observations, some suggestions as to the pedagogy of foreign languages are also made.