Points of View

Worksheet 1
1. The expression put yourself in someone elses shoes is often used in relation to
being sympathetic and understanding, but what does it really mean, and how
capable are we of doing it?
2. t is sometimes said that !nowing a foreign language enables you to see the world
differently. "hats your experience?
#. $o you ma!e a point of reading papers or maga%ines, or watching T&
channels'programmes that represent opinions you dont agree with?
(. $o you en)oy reading boo!s or watching films showing e*il and immoral characters
in a sympathetic light?
+. "hich of the following situations do you thin! you could learn most from , li*ing for
a day as a homeless person or as a billionaire?
-. .an you remember studying a sub)ect at school or uni*ersity where you had to loo!
at an issue from different perspecti*es?
/. .an reading fiction help us to understand others and de*elop empathy?
0. t is often said that women are better at empathising with others than men. $o you
thin! this is true? f so, how would you explain it?
1. 2re some )obs 3doctors and lawyers, for example4 harder to do if you empathise
with other people?
15. To what extent do you agree with the claim that people only see what they want
to see?