Unit task Preparing a personality quiz How sociable are you ? How open-minded are you ? How fashionable are you ? How generous are you ? How studious are you ? How reliable are you ? How honest are you ? How compassionate are you ? 1 Form into 8 groups. Each group work on a different topic, i.e. different question listed below. Each group have to make at least five questions for each topic.

Unit task Now talk about ways to test the personality trait. Take “How sociable are you ? ” as an example. How sociable are you ? going to parties making new friends meeting your friends

Unit task 2 Write some questions for a quiz, and decide on scores. 3 Talk to three different people and ask them the questions in your quiz. 4 Write a description which tells people about their personality. 5 Report back to the class on who scored highest and lowest on your quiz. Example quiz

Unit task How open-minded are you? Example quiz 1 If you hear an opinion you don’t agree with, do you...? A disregard this opinion straightaway B listen politely, but not take in any points C consider this opinion again and see if there is any new information which may change your mind

Unit task 2 If you attend a lecture by a famous teacher, do you...? A accept all the points made in this lecture, because this person is famous B question some points in your mind, but don’t think further C ask questions about the points you have queries about and evaluate the answers given

Unit task 3 If you attend a lecture in which you think you know the content well, do you...? A stop listening to the lecture B listen, but not attentively C listen carefully and check if the lecturer has made all the points you know and any points you don’t

Unit task 4 When you read a textbook, do you...? A accept everything said in the book B still use the content even if you have different opinions C challenge the textbook and write down all your queries in order to ask your teacher or discuss them with your classmates

Unit task 5 When you receive a low mark, do you...? A blame the person who marked your work B think “well, bad luck, I know I did not put much time there, but I was hoping the teacher would give me a higher mark” C ask yourself and later your teacher about how you can improve your learning and get a higher mark in your next piece of work

Unit task Scores for choices A 0 point B 1 point C 3 points Add up all your scores for the five questions and refer to the interpretations on the next page. What is your total score?

Unit task If you get a score lower than 5, it indicates that you are not open-minded. If you get a score lower than 10, this shows that you are able to think in an evaluative way, but is not willing to pursue your initial thoughts further. If you get a score higher than 10, you are active thinkers, willing to take on different opinions, reconsider them and make a judgment based on known and new information.