Can you change your personality? A psychologist explains
A psychologist discusses how personality changes over a lifetime and by choice; students test their assumptions and set a behavior goal.
C1Adults50 minInterview
About this lesson
A C1 listening lesson (interview). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Interview
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Personality
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- a trait, conscientious, prone to, perseverance, a caveat, outgoing, a self-fulfilling prophecy
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand research findings and the speaker's caveats in a radio interview
- Talk about personality and change using precise, non-labeling language