Halloween: down in the uncanny valley
Reading · Halloween · C2 · 45 min. A long read on Masahiro Mori's uncanny valley, its roots in Jentsch and Freud, the competing explanations for it and its lessons for animation, robotics and Halloween masks.
About this worksheet
A long read on Masahiro Mori's uncanny valley, its roots in Jentsch and Freud, the competing explanations for it and its lessons for animation, robotics and Halloween masks.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Reading
- Topic
- Halloween
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
- Access
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On the sheet
- Reading text: Read the article.
- Multiple choice: Read again. Choose the best answer.
- Gap-fill: Complete the sentences with the words in the box. All of them appear i
- Speaking / writing task: Discuss in small groups. Then write an opinion paragraph (150 words).
- Writing lines: Write here.
