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IN THIS UNIT
GRAMMAR
• relative clauses
• reduced relative clauses
VOCABULARY
• personality adjectives
• phrasal verbs
• word formation
• idioms with
mind
• words from the text
SCENARIO
• giving and reacting to advice
• taking part in an advice
phone-in
STUDY SKILLS
• writing a bibliography,
referencing
WRITING SKILLS
• an advantages and
disadvantages essay
Psychology
10.1
GROUP PSYCHOLOGY
10
I am a deeply superficial person.
Andy Warhol, 1928–1987, American pop artist
READING AND VOCABULARY
PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES
1
Work in small groups and discuss the questions.
1
What teams have you been in (e.g. playing sports,
at work)?
2
Describe some of the personalities in one of the teams.
3
Was it a successful team? Why?/Why not?
4
What do you think makes an effective team? What
sort of people do you need?
2
Look at the adjectives in the box. Did you use any
in your answer to question 2 in Exercise 1? Which
do you think are the most important qualities for
people in a team?
ambitious authoritative conscientious
creative diplomatic energetic knowledgeable
objective practical resourceful
3
What are the nouns which are formed from the
adjectives above? Use a dictionary to find the nouns
related to these adjectives and write adjective-noun pairs.
PRONUNCIATION
4
10.1
Stress patterns
Mark the stress on each word
in Exercise 3. Does the stress pattern change between
the adjective and noun in any of them? Listen and
check, then practise the pronunciation.
READING
5
a
Read the webpage about the Belbin model (an analysis
of roles within a team). Which role(s) do you think you
would be good at? Which ones wouldn’t you be good at?
5
b
Now work with a partner. Tell each other about
your choices and explain your reasons.
6
Look at the second column (
Strengths
) again and
match the adjectives in Exercise 2 with the correct
team role. Underline the words and phrases which
help you decide. There is one extra adjective.
plant = creative (comes up with ideas)
LISTENING
7
a
You are going to listen to part of a lecture on group
dynamics. Before you listen, look at the stages in the life
of a group and decide on the order they happen in.
a
members become more familiar with each other and
start to develop confidence in each other
b
the group comes together and members seem to
have a friendly relationship
c
members’ real personalities come out and they may
argue with each other as they try to begin work
d
the group separates and members go their own ways
e
members work together well and produce good results
