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How well do you communicate? Is your self-image working for you?
Self-image is:
>How you regard yourself.
> The mental picture of how you believe you appear to others.
> How you picture your physical self.
> How you believe others see you physically.
> Your idea (positive or negative, rational or irrational) of how you present yourself to others and how you are subsequently judged by them.
> A personal assessment of your character, personality, skills, abilities, and other attributes.
> A powerful internal mechanism influencing how you feel about yourself.
> An accumulation of scripts you have been given (consciously or otherwise) and have learned well throughout your life.
What is involved in creating a self-image?
Your self image is developed by how you assess the following factors in your personhood: Physical appearance,
Shape of your body.
Accomplishments in academics.
Achievement in athletics.
Social skills.
Value system.
Skills, abilities and competencies.
Relationship with family, relatives, siblings, peer group, and others.
Behaviour in social and professional situations.
Background and environment from which you came.
Jobs and job titles held.
Goals, ambitions and aspirations for the future.
How does your self-image affect you?
It is from your self-image that you:
Develop labels for yourself.
Develop scripts as to how you believe you should act to fit the image.
| If your self-image label is: | Then your script says you should: |
| fat | overeat and not exercise |
| drunk | drink to excess |
| intelligent | be a good problem solver and decision maker |
| thin | control your eating and exercise habits, always look chic |
| competent | be able to handle life's challenges with confidence, be successful in your endeavors |
| friendly | be easy to get to know, sociable, outgoing |
| negative | always see the dark, pessimistic side of life |
| handsome/beautiful | have the looks that appeal to others, trendy fashions and hairstyle, pay close attention to physical self |
| compulsive | act in a compulsive way |
| depressed | act in a depressed way |
| loser | act like a loser |
| winner | act like a winner |
What do you think of these recommendations?
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Language Awareness:
The Language of Newspapers
Special Vocabulary
A. Headlines make use of a number of particular words that have a special meaning in the newspaper context. Match the word underlined in the headline to the explanation given on the list on the right.
| 1. Aid for famine victims increased | a) surprise |
| 2. Free school meals axed | b) connected |
| 3. Ban on football hooligans | c) bad experience |
| 4. Takeover bid for BP | d) reduction |
| 5. Bomb blast kills 9 | e) question |
| 6. High street spending boom | f) caused to suffer adverse effects |
| 7. MPs clash on green policy | g) increase |
| 8. Cut in arms spending | h) extreme danger |
| 9. Fugitives flee fighting | i) attempts to persuade |
| 10. Drugs haul at airport | j) something seized or stolen |
| 11. Test match hit by protest | k) marries |
| 12. Drinking water linked to disease | 1) try/attempt |
| 13. Rail strike looms | m) leaves |
| 14. Kidnap victim's ordeal | n) fall sharply |
| 15. Peril on oil rig | o) run away |
| 16. PM's pledge on pollution | p) number of people killed |
| 17. Shares plunge | q) assistance |
| 18. Football manager quits | r) stopped |
| 19. Police quiz star | s) approaches in a threatening way |
| 20. Police seek rapist | t) disagree |
| 21. Public spending shock | u) explosion |
| 22. Threat to cup final | v) potential danger |
| 23. Death toll now 28 | w) look for |
| 24. MP weds actress | x) prohibition |
| 25. Candidate woos voters | y) undertaking/commitment |
