filnaukiФилологические науки в МГИМОMGIMO Journal of Language Research and Teaching2410-24232782-3717МГИМО МИД России10.24833/2410-2423-2021-4-28-70-73filnauki-377Research ArticleИЗУЧЕНИЕ ОТДЕЛЬНЫХ ЯЗЫКОВSTUDY OF INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGESLanguage and thinking: a contrastive characterization of English, French, German and Russian, with its application to language pedagogyLanguage and thinking: a contrastive characterization of English, French, German and Russian, with its application to language pedagogyOhtsukiM.OhtsukiM.

Minoru Ohtsuki, PhD, is Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Languages

1-9-1, Takashimadaira, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 175-8571, Japan

Minoru Ohtsuki, PhD, is Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Languages

1-9-1, Takashimadaira, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 175-8571, Japan

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This paper seeks to give in a concise manner a holistic characterization of English, French, German and Russian, revealing at the same time the types of thinking (or thought patterns) involving these languages. The four languages are characterized respectively as being experiential/pragmatic, rational/ dualistic, idealistic, and antithetical. Based on these observations, some suggestions as to the pedagogy of foreign languages are also made.

This paper seeks to give in a concise manner a holistic characterization of English, French, German and Russian, revealing at the same time the types of thinking (or thought patterns) involving these languages. The four languages are characterized respectively as being experiential/pragmatic, rational/ dualistic, idealistic, and antithetical. Based on these observations, some suggestions as to the pedagogy of foreign languages are also made.

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