Thursday

Task 1:

Read the following adjectives for emotions and identify which words describe a positive, neutral or negative feeling. If necessary, look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary. Some words may fit into more than one category.

• ambivalent • discouraged • overwhelmed

• annoyed • embarrassed • regretful

• anxious • enthusiastic • relieved

• apprehensive • frustrated • shocked

• concerned • furious • thrilled

• content • grateful • uneasy

• defensive • grieving • vulnerable

• determined • miserable • wary

• disappointed • optimistic • upset

Positive	Negative	Neutral
Enthusiastic /enthusiasm	Discouraged /discouragement	shocked/shock
Relieved /relief	apprenhensive/apprehension	Ambivalent/ambivalence
optimistc/optimism	Annoyed /annoyance	overwhelmed
content/content: peaceful happiness	Embarrassed/embarrassment
Thrilled /thrill	Regretful /regret
Grateful /gratefulness	Anxious /anxiousness
Determined /determination	Frustrated/frustration
	uneasy/uneasiness
	Concerned/concern
	Furious/furiousness
	Grieving /grieve
	vulnerable /vulnerability
	Miserable /misery
	Disappointed /disappointment
	Upset /upset  defensive/defense wary/wariness

Task 2:

The list above contains adjectives to describe emotions. Where possible, change them into nouns. Then, choose five of the emotions from the list above. For each emotion, describe a situation you have experienced that made you feel this way.

1. when I was told that my son was hurt by another kid, I felt upset and furious 

2. when my son told me that his nose was in pain, I felt anxious and apprehensive 

3. I felt regretful that I didn't do a lot of school research before I came to Canada. 

4. I felt relieved right after I gave birth of my child. 

5. people living in the small town are very enthusiastic when I was working in that town. 

Task 3:

Listen to three short dialogues. Complete the chart to identify each situation, the relationship between speakers, and their emotional states. What helped you to identify each speaker’s emotions (e.g., tone, phrases)?

	Situation	Relationship between speakers	Speakers’ emotions