PSYCHOLOGY AND ELT – THE FORER EFFECT ‘Let me tell you who you really are…’ :-) Of course we don’t believe in Astrology and such things, yet most of us will occasionally read our personality descriptions and to our amazement we often discover that some of these things sound, well…. true! If you find yourself in this category, you are not alone. Psychologists have identified certain quirks of the human mind which make this a universal phenomenon. Just watch this clip: https://youtube/watch?v=MOOx3uO1YEE&list=UUuz9PuIokFzaSXgek0wp4FA Yet it is in our capacity as EL teachers that this tendency (known as ‘The Forer Effect’) becomes really interesting. By exploiting this very same mechanism we can engage our students in a series of amazing activities which not only help them develop their speaking and writing skills but can also involve them in self-disclosures which help build group cohesion in the best humanistic tradition! To read more, just click on this link: wp.me/p3Y3b8-3Q
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:13:30 +0000
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