Ajarn Forum - Living and Teaching In Thailand - View Single Post

Jack Straw · 19th February 2008, 15:26

"The new white man's burden is to do the world's thinking for it, because his language is so much superior'

Surely not my argument at all, but language does affect our thought processes, at least that is what the experts claim.(9although I am not an expert I am currenlty reading a good book on Asian languages which has me thinking about these issues)

Boonmee

My kids are bi-lingual as well, in their teens now.

Mike S

Good luck on your paper, don't see many "ajarns" areound here engaging in that type of activity. A big thumbs up.

19th February 2008, 15:26	#72 (permalink)
Jack Straw Jack Straw is..... Regular User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 879 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 0	Re: How Thai interfers with learning English "The new white man's burden is to do the world's thinking for it, because his language is so much superior' Surely not my argument at all, but language does affect our thought processes, at least that is what the experts claim.(9although I am not an expert I am currenlty reading a good book on Asian languages which has me thinking about these issues) Boonmee My kids are bi-lingual as well, in their teens now. Mike S Good luck on your paper, don't see many "ajarns" areound here engaging in that type of activity. A big thumbs up.