Name: Javier Andrés Vega Neira Date: November 9th, 2020

SPEAK YOUR MIND

Fear

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 LISTENING GAP FILL

not really afraid

What are you afraid of? I’m ____________________ of anything.

When I was a child I was afraid of the dark. I used to

strange noises at night when I was in bed. I couldn’t

hear ____________________
frozen with fear
move. I was ____________________ until it got light outside. I’m

no longer afraid of the dark, thankfully. I also used to

fear
speaking in public
____________________
would go read and I’d get
. My face ____________________

very hot. I overcame this fear because I had to make

many speeches
____________________ at school. The more I did this, the more

my public speaking fear disappeared. People

are afraid of
____________________ many strange things. Did you know there

is a fear of
____________________ peanut butter sticking to the roof of your

mouth? There is even a medical name for it. I don’t think

is a bad thing . It probably ____________________

fear ____________________ stops us from doing

really dangerous things.

 DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1.
Do you suffer of any phobia? Which one?
________________________________________________________

2.
What strange phobias do you know about?
________________________________________________________

3.
What kind of phobias do you think are safe?
________________________________________________________

4.
What common phobias do you know about?
________________________________________________________

What is that phobia that you don't want anyone know you have?
5. ________________________________________________________

What do you think about people that suffer least common phobias?
6. ________________________________________________________

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1.
What is your biggest fear?
________________________________________________________

2.
Have you overcome any fear?
________________________________________________________

3.
Do you think you have a lot of fears?
________________________________________________________

4.
What do you need to overcome your fears?
________________________________________________________

5.
Why do you have fear?
________________________________________________________

6.
What is the reason for your greatest fear?
________________________________________________________
 STUDENT FEAR SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about fear in the table. Do this in pairs. Each
student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3

German Tejada
_____________ _____________ _____________

Q.1. Yes, He suffer form

Claustrophobia and
Trypophobia
Do you suffer of any phobia? Which one?

Q.2. He knows about

What strange mothorophobia that
phobias do you is fear of cheese and
know about? somniphobia that is
fear of sleep

Q.3. He thinks that

arachnophobia and
What kind of
achrophobia are
phobias do you think
safe phobias.
are safe?

Q.4. He thinks
arachnophobia and
What common
tryphobia.
phobias do you
know about?

Q.5. All his phobias are

common and he
What is that phobia
doesn´t have
that you don't want
problems if anyone
anyone know you
knows about that
have?