Viewing schedule for winter term 2020 - TED talks

 Below is the list of TED talks we are going to discuss this term. The dates tell you WHEN each talk will be discussed in class. Before the lesson do these things:

1. watch the talk, preferably without looking at the transcript

2. take notes about the content (we'll discuss them in detail)

3. put down words and phrases that are a) key to discussing the topic), b) new and/or interesting

18 Sep	Tim Urban (Feb 2016) Inside the mind of a master procrastinator https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator
2 Oct	Dan Pink (Jul 2009) The puzzle of motivation https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_the_puzzle_of_motivation
16 Oct	Amy Cuddy (Jun 2012) Your body language shapes who you are https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are
30 Oct	Barry Schwartz (Jul 2005) The paradox of choice https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice
14 Nov	Frans De Waal (Nov 2011) Moral behaviour in animals https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_moral_behavior_in_animals
27 Nov	Chimananda Adichie (Oct 2009) The danger of a single story https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
11 Dec	Tony Porter (Dec 2010) A call to men https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men
18 Dec	Dan Gilbert (Feb 2004) The surprising science of happiness https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_surprising_science_of_happiness

Test Unit 4

test

Blog question for 29 April

IAnswer the question below in about 100 words.

Is fake news a serious problem in out contemporary world? Why? Why not?

Test

Indirect questions

Question for your blogs

Write a 100-word paragraph to answer the question:

Is lying morally wrong?

Vocabulary test

Vocab test April 2020

The scientific method - vocabulary

Here is the list of words we looked at in class. Do some work with them - look them up in a dictionary, you can go back to the video to see how they were used and try to make your own sentences.

Be ready with your own examples of confirmation bias.

incident

every now and then = sometimes

cocoa

whipped cream / to whip sth

sink / sank / sunk

to apply

to suspend sth/sb

“Either the laws of physics that apply everywhere in the universe are suspended in your coffee shop or you didn’t put whipped cream on my cocoa.”

indignant

to his credit, rather than argue, he intended to prove me wrong

scooped whipped cream, popped it in my cocoa,

to float

skimmed milk

to come up with a theory / hypothesis

to verify a hypothesis

CONFIRMATION BIAS

biased