Example from the Video n.3

Objectives

Observation grid

The video presents an interaction between two characters, a teacher and a pupil. During the break, the pupil stands alone, far from his schoolmates, with a sad expression because he realizes he is not good at drawing. The teacher gets near him and tries to comfort him by reporting on a personal experience when he himself was a child. He made an ugly drawing, and his teacher asked him whether he had spilled a cup of coffee and milk on his sheet of paper.

1. Promoting the comprehension of the targeted emotion:

a) Expression

b) Hypotheses about internal and external causes.

“Who are the characters?”

“What are the relevant parts of X’s face we must look at to understand how he feels?”

“What does X say?”

“How does X say it?”

“What happened?”

“What do you think X thought?”

2. Detecting the indicators of the intensity of the targeted emotions as manifested by the characters.

Learning how to use the emotion thermometer.

3. Stimulating the linguistic expression of the targeted emotion.

“Which other words can we use to express this emotion?”

(Question to address for each relevant emotion)

4. Promoting the regulation of the targeted emotion.

“What could X do to feel better?”

“When you feel sad what can you do to conceal it?”

“What can you do to feel better?”

5. Perceiving an implicit level of communication in the conversation between the two characters.

“Why does the teacher ask whether X spilled coffee and milk on his drawing?”