Psychologyspeaking topic
Learning a new language, we learn a new self along with the words; multilinguals report 'I'm more polite in French, more assertive in English'. Same body, same soul, but the personality shifts with the language. Is what we call our self partly a role handed to us by the language we happen to be speaking?
— language and personality shift (cultural frame switching, Ramirez-Esparza)
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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