Plato’s

Theory of Forms
Applied Intuitively

In the L2 Classroom
Plato

•Born 427 BC

•Author of the

“Theory of Forms”
Theory of Forms

Meaning exists

independently of
human life
Number 3 exists regardless of us
“Mental Seeing”

Knower – Thing
Verb – Object
I see – An apple
Horse

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 Follow Up Activity (2min)

Develop a strategy to tell a L2 student

the meaning of a word

WITHOUT translating it into L1

 Share your strategy with
the rest of the class (3min)