Introduction
I. Read the following cartoon strip from a newspaper.
Form groups of four. Let each group split into the home team and the visiting team. Discuss in groups how you felt and share your feelings with other groups.
Answer – Students will do this task under the guidance of the concerned teacher.
II. Look at these photos: Which of the people do you think are—
– happy?
– sad?
– angry?
– surprised?
– frightened?
Answer – Students will do this task under the guidance of the concerned teacher.
III. Now read about Paul Ekman. Fill the gaps in the story.
Paul Ekman is an American scientist. He wanted to know the answer to this question: Do people show feelings in the same way everywhere in the world?
Ekman took photos of (1) people in a village in the USA. Some people looked happy, some looked sad, some looked angry, some looked surprised, and some looked frightened. He showed the photos to (2) people from 21 countries , and asked them to match the feelings with the faces. He found that everyone could do this quite easily: everyone agreed which people were happy, which were sad, which were angry, and so on.
Then Ekman went to (3) a village in Papua, New Guinea. In this the people in this village, people had no television, they saw no films, and they never saw people from other countries. So they did not know what people from other countries looked like. Ekman showed his photos to (4) the people in this village, and asked them the same questions: Which people are happy? Which are sad? Which are angry? He found that even here they could answer the questions quite easily.
So Ekman’s conclusion was…….
What do you think Ekman’s conclusion was?
People all over the world show emotions in the same way, regardless of their culture or exposure to the outside world. Facial expressions for basic emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and surprise are universal.