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1. What is language according to the video?

Answer: Transmitting ideas across vast reaches space and time, transmitting knowledge across
minds,
2. In a paragraph, how does a language shape the way we think?

Language changes how we see things. Just like the in the given picture where it shown that the vase
was accidentally fell it by a photographer. If an English speaker would see that, he would say, “the
vase broke itself. However, if an English speaker would see that, he might say, “the photographer
accidentally fell it off. Both witness the accident, but they have different thought about it. An English
speaker would remember who did the accident while the Spanish people only remember the accident
and not including the person who made the accident. By that, the Spanish people will prevent the
tendency of blaming somebody since it was just an accident and no one wanted that to happened,
while the other group might be in chaos since there is the tendency of blaming somebody due to what
happened. Languages can change how a person see things. Language can even separate or detect
what group they belong since we have different culture in the use of language. We think depends on
the language we raised.

3. What are your key takeaways after watching the video?

Language plays a big role in shaping people. It gives us the identity we belong. Languages changes
how we see things and interpret it to others. But the end of the day, it is not about the language they
speak but it is how the language that you speak that shapes what you think.

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