Optional theme
Knowledge and language
How the language available to a knower shapes what can be expressed, distinguished and thought, and what happens to knowledge in translation, metaphor and technical vocabulary.
Situations for knowledge and language
All 12 situationsReal cases with an affinity for this theme, for a teacher planning by theme.
- Simplifying the charactersEast Asia
- The orchestra with no scoreSoutheast Asia
- An alphabet designed for everyoneEast Asia
- The script nobody can readIndia
- Cloth you can readAfrica
- Binary patterns in Sanskrit prosodyIndia
- Records tied in knotsLatin America
- Cracking hieroglyphs against a bilingual stoneThe Middle East and North Africa
A school selects two of the five optional themes alongside the core theme. All six themes.