speaking class about dogs - aula de conversação

1. DOGS
Are dogs really "a man’s best friend"?

2. WARM-UP
ARE YOU A DOG OR CAT PERSON?
ARE THERE MANY STRAY DOGS IN YOUR CITY? WHY
OR WHY NOT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? ARE THEIR
PERSONALITIES DIFFERENT?

3. Fit a dog breed into each of
these descriptions:
● The biggest
● The most beautiful
● The most dangerous
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4. SYNONYM MATCH
WONDERED CONSCIOUS
EXPLORED THOUGHT
CANINES FEELING
COGNITION BASIC
AWARE REFLECTED ON
COMMANDS FIXED
ATTACHED DOGS
SENSE ORDERS
FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATED

5. READING
Have you ever wondered what animals think about? A team of scientists explored this question by
investigating whether dogs have self awareness. Researchers from a university in Hungary set out to
determine whether canines have a sense of self and of body awareness. Researcher Peter Pongracz
explained why his team conducted the study. He said: "Self-awareness is a rather poorly investigated area
of dog cognition." He added: "Body awareness is a mental capacity to organize someone's action by taking
in consideration their own body exists." His test put dogs in situations that would make them aware of their
body position. The study is published in the journal "Scientific Reports".
The scientists conducted tests on 54 dogs. The dogs had to respond to commands from their owners.
Researchers attached a toy to a mat and asked the dog to give the toy to its owner. The dog had to
understand it would be unable to take the toy to its owner unless it got off the mat first. Many of the dogs
understood the issue and got off the mat to complete the task. The researchers said this showed a sense
of body awareness. They wrote that body awareness is, "the ability to hold information about one's own
body in mind, as an explicit object, in relation to other objects in the world". They said this is "one of the
fundamental building blocks of self-representation" and that the dogs in the tests exhibited this.

6. TRUE OR FALSE?
A team of scientists
investigated self-analysis
in dogs
01
Researchers looked into
whether canines had
a sense of body awareness.
02 03
Dogs had to get off a
mat and take a toy to
their owner.
A researcher said dogs
understand they are
an explicit object.
Researchers said dogs
exhibited self
representation in tests
04 05

7. DISCUSSION
01
HOW INTELLIGENT ARE DOGS?

8. DISCUSSION
02
WHAT DO YOU THINK DOGS WORRY ABOUT?

9. FOR AND AGAINST: Bring arguments first in favor of, and then against the idea of “giving pets
as gifts”.

10. Part ii

11. Efruz is not your average surfer. Wearing a yellow life vest, balancing himself on
the front of a surfboard, he and his companion skim over the Pacific waves in
Peru. Efruz is a four-year-old Jack Russell terrier. And he has become a common
sight these hot days of the South American summer. "He loves the sea," says his
owner, Mauro Canella, a surfing instructor at the beach in San Bartolo, 50
kilometers from Lima, Peru's capital. Canella says they began surfing together
about a year ago. And Efruz is not the only dog surfing the waves off San Bartolo.
At least 12 can sometimes be seen out in the water on weekends.
Although it must be better to surf at a dog-friendly beach and to surf on a calmer
day as the dog gets used to the water. And if the dog looks like it's getting tired,
it's time to come out of the water.

12. ● How old is Efruz?
● When did Efruz start surfing with his owner?
● Are surfing dogs a common sight in San Bartolo?

14. True or false?
Modern humans have been on
the planet for over 200,000
years.

15. True or false?
Humans established homes and
communities without any
assistance.

16. True or false?
The story of man's best friend is
surprising because all domestic
dogs evolved from a creature
considered one of our oldest
rivals, the gray wolf.

17. True or false?
Canis lupus is another term for
the domestic dog, Canis lupus
familiaris.

18. HOW SIMILAR WERE WOLVES AND HUMANS HUNTING STRATEGIES?

20. True or false?
Some wolves, especially those
without a pack, found new
opportunities in human camps.

21. True or false?
Wolves that showed more
aggression towards humans
had a better chance of surviving
near human encampments.

22. True or false?
The genetic traits of docile
scavenger wolves were passed
on and contributed to the
breeding of tamer wolves near
human populations.

23. True or false?
Wolves' social structure made it
difficult for them to integrate
with human families.

24. True or false?
Docile wolves helped humans by
tracking and hunting prey and served
as sentinels to guard camps and
warn of approaching enemies in
human communities.

25. WHY DID HUMANS CREATE DOG BREEDS?

26. What do you think about dog
breeds with congenital health
problems?
DISCUSSION

27. Do you think it is better to adopt or
buy a pet?
DISCUSSION

28. What would you say are the best
and worst things about having a
pet?
DISCUSSION

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