Empathy vs Sympathy

 Andrea is the new team leader of a team working on a project. In a meeting she gets angry and shouts at you for delaying a piece of work. You had explained beforehand that you needed more info to complete the job. You remember times in the past when Andrea didn't finish her work on time. How do you react?

a. think about why she may be angry and talk to her afterward

b. remind her of times in the past when she didn't finish her work on time

c. decide she is a bad leader and complain to the other team members in the kitchen area


Here is a video about empathy by the well-known researcher Brene Brown.

As you are watching, note down

1. The characteristics of empathy

2. How it is different than sympathy


Here are 5 tips to increase empathic reactions
Listen actively. Practice active listening by reformulating the message to the person who just said it. ...
Consider how the other person may be feeling. ...
Focus on similarities ...
Practise mindfulness...
Listen actively. Speak less that you listen
Find a way not to judge. You may disagree and still understand why they feel differently. ..

Adverbs of degree

Which adjectives of feelings can you spot?
What adverbs make them more/less strong in degree?

Now write your own stories in the activity sheet.

Pronounciation Practice
Vowels -General Rules of Thumb

Here are five of the most common rules for vowel pronunciation:
1. When a word or syllable ends in a consonant and has only one vowel, that vowel is short.
Examples: cat, bed, fish
2. When a word ends in “e,” the “e” is silent (not read out loud), and the vowel that comes before it is long.
Examples: bake, file, rope
3. When a syllable has two vowels next to each other, the first is usually long and the second short.
Examples: pain, boat, grow
4. When a syllable ends in one vowel, that vowel is usually long.
Examples: open, unit, paper
5. Many times, these rules don’t work! There are many exceptions(times when the rules are broken). 
Sometimes the only way to learn something is to practice and memorize it.

The Shwa sound /ə/
The schwa sound is one of the most common sounds in the English language.It occurs when a vowel in an unstressed syllable is reduced to a neutral sound, which sounds like a short u sound. The schwa sound allows for smoother and faster speech, making it a key component of natural spoken English, and it can be found in a variety of positions within words, such as the second syllable in “lemon,” the first syllable in “about,” or even the middle syllable in “family.”

Where does the shwa sound exist in these tongue twisters?
  • Sally sells seashells by the schwa shore.
  • Eddie edits excellent essays.
  • Oliver opened an umbrella.
  • Betty bought bitter butter.
  • Mickey’s tricky picnic was terrific.
  • Walter wants to water the plants.
  • Polly prefers popcorn during a power outage.
  • Tommy’s tall tale involved a talking tomato.
  • Wendy’s wonderful wardrobe includes a polka-dot dress.
  • Freddie found a friendly frog with a fantastic croak.

Where does the shwa sound exist in these words?
1. About

2. Banana

3. Camera

4. Lemon

6. Comma

7. Amazing

8. Better

9. Comfortable

10. Problem

11. Silent

12. Family

13. Student

14. Mother

15. Under

16. Another

18. Teacher

19. Different

20. Elephant

22. Giraffe

23. Medicine

24. Moment

25. Music

26. Lesson

27. Adventure

28. Enjoyable

29. Hospital

30. Island

Have fun practising your vowels



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