Context theory

Context theory is like a game of "I Spy" where you have to find something based on the clues around it. Imagine you are playing with your friends and you have to guess what object your friend is thinking of without them telling you. You have to look at everything around you - the colors, shapes, and objects nearby - to guess what your friend might be thinking of.

In the same way, context theory says that we understand things by looking at everything around them. When we see or hear something, we use the information around it to figure out what it means. For example, if we see a red apple sitting on a green leaf, we know it is an apple because of the context (the green leaf) around it.

In real life, context theory helps us understand things like language and culture. If we hear a word we don't know, we can use the words and sentences around it to guess what it might mean. Similarly, if we are in a different culture where people do things differently from what we are used to, we use the context around us to figure out what is going on.

So, context theory is like a game of "I Spy" but with real-life situations where we use the information around us to understand what's going on.