English Topics: How does language shape our thinking?

Ice Breaking Topics

  • How do you think technology has impacted the way families communicate and interact with one another?
  • Describe an experience that helped you rediscover hope.
  • What’s a question you wish people would ask you more often?
  • If you could have any career, regardless of education or skill, what would it be?
  • What’s a song or melody that consistently stirs deep emotions in you?
  • If you could experience any festival around the world, which would it be?
  • What’s a myth or misconception about your culture that you wish people understood better?
  • Do you think there is an objective truth, or is truth subjective?

Main Topics

  • Can language limit or expand our ideas?
  • Have you ever felt something you couldn’t express in words?
  • Do people think differently in different languages?
  • How does learning a second language change your thinking?
  • Is it possible to truly translate emotions between languages?
  • Can language influence how we see time, space, or relationships?
  • Have you ever misunderstood something because of language differences?
  • Do you think language is a mirror of culture or a tool for shaping it?

Free Topics