mikelekialdea: EMOTIONS

DIDACTIC UNIT 1: EMOTIONS

1. BATX

SPEAKING

warming up
LOOK AT THE PHOTOS (slide)
What emotions do you think these people are feeling? Why?
When was the last time you felt these emotions? Give some examples

Basic emotions mindmap

Some research on this field

Do you think robots will ever have feelings/emotions ? (video)

THEORIES OF . . .

Emotions from Aroosa Tahir

VOCABULARY: -ing / -ed adjectives

2.a Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

What makes you angry or annoyed?
What sort of things do you find relaxing?
Do you enjoy spending time alone, or do you get bored?
Is there anything you are frightened of?
What kinds of things make you worried?
Have you ever been really embarrassed?
What makes you feel exhausted?
What sort of things do you find confusing?
When was the last time you were shocked by something? What was it?
Do you find your hobbies satisfying?

2.b Look at the quiz again and answer the questions.

Which ending is used to talk about feelings: -ed or -ing?
Which ending is used to talk about the cause of feelings: -ed or -ing?

2.c Complete the sentences with suitable -ed or -ing ending adjectives.

LISTENING

Some listening exercises for feelings
Other links
Emotional intelligence video
Embarrassing situations or phobias and fears

GRAMMAR

ZERO FIRST and SECOND CONDITIONALS
Examples taken from the radio programme

Conditional - Type 0, 1, 2 and 3 from Sofia Marques

READING

IF you wanted to persuade someone to dress up as a tree in public, what would you do? If you wanted to raise money for charity on the streets, whowould you ask to help you? What would you do if you wanted to sell cakes and nobody was buying them? What would you do if you needed to think creatively but didn’t have any ideas?

One thing you could do is watch a programme from the BBC series ThePeople Watchers. The programme asks the question ‘Why do we do whatwe do?’ Through twenty episodes, Professor Richard Wiseman, twopsychologists and a neuroscientist do experiments involving members ofthe public, secretly filming them with a hidden camera. The experimentsshow why we behave the way we do in everyday situations. If you wanted to know how to get a seat on a crowded train, stop people from jumping queues, get someone to do you a favour, work out if someone is lying, and get acomplete stranger to lend you a mobile phone, you could find out by watching.

In one experiment, two of Wiseman’s psychologists pretended to be cakesellers.They stood at a stall on the street and tried to sell cakes for a poundeach. No one bought any. So they did what shops do: they held a sale. But itwasn’t a real sale. They pretended that one cake cost two pounds, and if youbought a cake, you would get another one free. People started buying! Laterthey told people that the cakes usually cost two pounds but they were doinga special deal and selling them for just one pound. Again, people bought the cakes. It seems that everyone loves the idea of a bargain even if they aren’treally getting one.

Another experiment looked at ‘experts’ who aren’t. Emma, apsychologist, pretended to be a hairdresser. While ‘cutting’ threepeople’s hair, she talked like a hairdresser, saying all the right things,

and dropped a few bits of fake hair.The three volunteers later said theywere very happy with their haircuts. In reality, Emma hadn’t cut any hair.Richard Wiseman’s conclusion? People would do better if they didn’t alwayslisten to ‘experts’. Instead, they should trust their own eyes.

In another experiment, Jack, a psychologist, had to persuade ordinarypeople to dress up as a tree. The trick was to ‘start small’. First, Jack asked aman to wear a badge; then he asked him to wear a cap; and finally the tree suit.This, Wiseman says, is called ‘The foot in the door technique’: if you want a big favour from someone, first ask for a small favour!

1.a Work in pairs and discuss. What do you think people watching means?
What professions need to be good at people watching? Why?

1.b Read the article and check your ideas.

2.a Work in pairs and answer the questions.