Academic InteractionsIECPFall 2015Nikki Mattson

Groups

Altaf Xun

Juan Eman

Ahmed Hamad

Faisal Mohammed

Hameed Bora

Hussain Hassan

MJ Abdulla

Abdullah Aziz

Agenda

• Conversation Starters• Cars of the future preparation time and

sharing• Chapter 10 – Emotions and Personality

Conversation Starter

• Being an introvert means that you are somewhat shy and reserved around other people. Being an extrovert means that you are usually outgoing and sociable. Do you think you are more of an introvert or extrovert? Why?

• (Pathways, chapter 10)

Conversation Starter

• Awkward can mean uncomfortable or embarrassing. For example, it was awkward when I used the word “bonjour” (which means “hi”) as I was leaving my first day teaching English at a French high school. What is an awkward moment you have had in the U.S?

(Pathways chapter 10)

Conversation Starter

• Cultures often differ in their parenting styles. Do you have any ideas about how parenting in your country may differ from parenting elsewhere?

• Pathways chapter 10

Sharing Car Research

Task

• 1) Share the information about your car with the class.

• 2) Classmates, take notes.• 3) After listening to the groups speak,

reach a consensus in your group about what the “car of the future” will be. Report back to the class with at least 3 supporting reasons for your choice.

Pathways, Chapter 10 – Emotions and Personality

• How can you measure happiness? • What kinds of questions could you ask

someone to figure out if they are happy or not?

• Which country to you think ranks highest as the happiest country in the world? Why?

Who is the Happiest?

Listening + Vocabulary

• Pg. 184 A – Listening• Pg. 184 B• Pg. 185 C, D, E, and F

TED TALK “Want to be happy? Be grateful”• https://www.ted.com/talks/david_steindl_ra

st_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful/transcript?language=en#t-406051

• Watch + take notes

After the Video (10 minute discussion)

1) Share your thoughts about the video with your group. 2) Try to think of examples in your life that either support or refute his message.3) How is his message similar or different to how people around you live?4) Can you think of anyone that you know who seems to follow the message? How so?

Sharing

• Choose 1 person from your group to answer the following question:

• What does your group think about the message in the video?

• Share what your group thought about the video in 2 minutes.

• Try to be as specific as possible and use hedging! • This will be recorded for analysis in grammar

class.

Personality Tests

• 1) Complete the personality test individually

• 2) Read the description of your personality type

• 3) Share your results with a partner and whether or not you agree with the results.

• 4) Share your results with the class, and whether or not you agree with the results.

HW

• Bring headphones to grammar class

• Individual Presentations – see blog

• Pathways 7 test = Friday