Lesson 2-3.

• Plan:
• Getting familiar with the topic

• Learn creative and advance ways to describe one’s personality

(vocabulary/listening)

• Learn informal/formal idioms that describe personalities

Topic: (vocabulary/speaking)

Personality • Speculate about people’s personality (functional grammar)

• Grammar: Continuous Tense

• Speak about ourselves/define our personality traits (self-

discovery)

• Learn how to reason about first impressions (critical thinking)

Warm-up

• What are your positive traits?

• What are your negative traits? - stubborn

• What are your personality traits that can be

positive or negative depending on the
situation?
 Match the phrases in bold with their definitions. Is there any adjectives that are true for you?

Vocabulary builder - Personality

a. showing an unreasonable dislike for something or someone
1. Her books are full of perceptive insights into the human b. someone who is very good at noticing and understanding things that
condition. many people do not notice
2. You are a conscientious student. c. wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a

3. He can be very obstinate at times. He does not listen to me. way that annoys people
d. people who are difficult to control and do not behave in the way that
4. Young people today are so apathetic about politics.
is expected
5. Lena is very open-minded. She tries to be sensitive towards
e. a person who is really stubborn and does not want to change their
her environment.
viewpoint for anyone’s sake
6. The campaign is designed to make people less prejudiced f. someone who is willing to consider other people’s opinion and
about AIDS.
viewpoint
7. I was a really inquisitive child. I was really annoying. g. not feeling or showing sympathy for other people's feelings, or
8. It was a bit insensitive of Fiona to talk about fat people refusing to give importance to something
when she knows Mandy is desperate to lose weight. h. showing no interest or energy and unwilling to take action,

9. Her teachers regard her as a rebellious, trouble-making girl. especially over something important
i. someone who is diligent and hardworking
I know someone who is…
• Who is the most perceptive person that you know? How does this manifest?

• Were you a conscentious student at school? To what extent?

• Who is the most obstinate person that you know? How does this manifest?

• Is there anything that you are apathetic about? Would you want to change this?

• Do you consider yourself an open-minded person?

• Are there any groups of people towards which you are prejudiced?

• Do you know someone who is an inquisitve child or even adult?

• What is the most insensitive thing a person can do?

• Do you consider yourself rebellious? If yes, why?

 Myers-Briggs Test
Now we are going to do the most famous personality test in the word. Choose a letter for each section and build up your acronym (f.e. ENT).

1. Introvert or Extrovert

I Introvert: Rather enjoys spending time alone. Tends to think first, act later.

E Extrovert: Rather enjoys socializing. Tends to act first, think later.

2. Intuition or Sensing

N Intuiton: Likes to change things and find intuitive solutions to problems. Looks to the future and tends towards idealism.

S Sensing: Relies on practical information to solve problems. Enjoys the present and tends towards realism.

3. Thinker or Feeler

F Feeler: Decides by listening to their own feelings.

T Thinker: Decides by using objectivity and reasoning.

4. Judging or Perceiving

J Judging: Approaches life in a structured way, making plans and keeping everything organized.

P Perceiving: Finds structure limiting, likes to keep their options open and go with the flow.
 Functional grammar
Create sentences/speculate about these people (age,
personality, profession). Use these expressions:
Speculating

Which person…
- seems being in his thirties
- seems a lecturer in a university
- there is something in her eyes that makes you think that she
will laugh
- seems being in his twenties
- looks intellectual
- seems creative
- looks really pleased
- she might have to do something with fashion
 Grammar: Continuous Tense

Fokozatos változás

Idegesítő szokás

Biztos terv Lezáratlan cselekvés ami

múltban kezdődött

Folyamatos cselekvés amúltban amit

megszakított egy másik

Udvarias fixed phrases

 Writing
• You have to write a little essay (80-100) words reasoning about why first impressions are
bad or not perfectly accurate. Why people should not trust their first impressions all the
time?

• Watch this video to get inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCv4MYLRio

• You can also use other sources 

Homework
Grammar:
Continuous
Tense