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Sad music helps mend broken hearts (18th May, 2013)

The research is to be published in the August edition of the "Journal of Consumer Research" and is titled: "Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences for Mood-Congruency in Aesthetic Experiences." The authors say: "Consumers experience serious emotional distress when intimate relationships are broken, and look for a surrogate to replace the lost personal bond….[In] negative moods, [they] might choose aesthetic experiences consistent with their mood (sad music; tear-jerking dramas) even when more pleasant alternatives are also available." They report on another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we are frustrated - by being interrupted, by someone being late, or after losing an Internet connection.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jeannetteeatsspaghetti/7292331214/s/howaboutthat/10059456/Sad-music-makes-breaking-up-easier-to-do.html
http://www.jcr-admin.org/files/pressreleases/051313173228_LeeRelease.pdf

WARM-UPS

1. BROKEN HEARTS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about broken hearts. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

new research / sad music / common wisdom / miserable / weepy movies / aesthetic / relationships / mood / emotional distress / personal bond / frustrated / interrupted

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. MOOD EXPERIENCES: What is it best to listen to, watch, do, etc. in these moods? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often.

	Listen to / Watch / Do	Why?
Brokenhearted
Furious
Nervous
Very happy
Terrified
Suicidal

4. MENDING: Students A strongly believe sad music, not up-tempo, music mends a broken heart; Students B strongly believe upbeat music, not sad music, mends a broken heart. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. MUSIC: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

blues
country
rock and roll
classical

techno
jazz
pop
hip-hop

6. RELATIONSHIP: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'relationship'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	New research goes against what we usually think about broken hearts.	T / F
b.	The research said blues music started to mend broken hearts.	T / F
c.	Researchers said people like to listen to things that match their mood.	T / F
d.	A co-author said art doesn't help people who are brokenhearted.	T / F
e.	The research says we look for a musical substitute for a lost love.	T / F
f.	The study said we would choose nicer music if it were available.	T / F
g.	People prefer to listen to jazz when they are frustrated.	T / F
h.	The study said not being connected to the Internet was a frustration.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	overcome	a.	sad
2.	relationship	b.	substitute
3.	turmoil	c.	comfort
4.	weepy	d.	defeat
5.	console	e.	harmony
6.	edition	f.	confusion
7.	congruency	g.	close
8.	intimate	h.	nice
9.	surrogate	i.	romance
10.	pleasant	j.	issue

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	sad music can help overcome	a.	artwork
2.	The study contradicts	b.	with their mood
3.	emotional	c.	and well-being
4.	gloomy	d.	dramas
5.	important to our happiness	e.	common wisdom
6.	published in the	f.	an Internet connection
7.	when intimate	g.	the heartbreak
8.	experiences consistent	h.	relationships are broken
9.	tear-jerking	i.	turmoil
10.	losing	j.	August edition

GAP FILL

New research suggests listening to sad music can help (1) ____________ the heartbreak of an ended relationship. The study contradicts common (2) ____________ that upbeat music is best when feeling the blues after emotional turmoil. It might (3) ____________ for why people began singing the blues – music to accompany painful or (4) ____________ times. The research is from the University of California at Berkeley. It says people find (5) ____________ in listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood. It also says (6) ____________ movies and books, or gloomy artwork provide comfort and (7) ____________ broken hearts. Study co-author Stephen Palmer said: "Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our happiness and well-(8) ____________."

console
comfort
account
overcome
being
wisdom
weepy
miserable

The research is to be published in the August (9) ____________ of the "Journal of Consumer Research" and is (10) ____________: "Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences for Mood-Congruency in Aesthetic Experiences." The authors say: "Consumers experience serious emotional (11) ____________ when intimate relationships are broken, and look for a surrogate to replace the lost personal (12) ____________ ….[In] negative moods, [they] might choose aesthetic experiences (13) ____________ with their mood (sad music; tear-jerking dramas) even when more pleasant alternatives are also (14) ____________." They report on another study that found we (15) ____________ "angry music" when we are frustrated - by being interrupted, by someone being late, or after (16) ____________ an Internet connection.

consistent
losing
titled
bond
prefer
edition
available
distress

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	listening to sad music can help ______
	a. overcome the heart breaking b. overcome the heartbreak c. overcome the heartbroken d. overcome the heartbreaks
2)	The study contradicts common wisdom that ______
	a. downbeat music is best b. upbeat music is better c. downbeat music is better d. upbeat music is best
3)	It might account for why people began ______
	a. joining the blues b. winging the blues c. singing the blues d. sinking the blues
4)	It says people find comfort in listening to tunes that reflect ______
	a. their negative moody b. their negative moods c. their negative moodiness d. their negative mood
5)	Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our ______
	a. happiness and well-being b. happiness and wall-being c. happiness and fine-being d. happiness and good-being
6)	The research is to be published in ______ of the "Journal of Consumer Research"
	a. the August edition b. the august edition c. the all gust edition d. the digest edition
7)	Consumers experience serious emotional distress when ______
	a. inanimate relationships are broken b. intimidating relationships are broken c. intimate relationships are broken d. inmate relationships are broken
8)	might choose aesthetic experiences ______
	a. consistence with their mood b. consistent with their mood c. consistently with their mood d. consistency with their mood
9)	another study that found we prefer "angry music" ______
	a. when we are frustrated b. when we are frustrating c. when we are frustration d. when we are frustrates
10)	…by being interrupted, by someone being late, or after ______
	a. lose in an Internet connection b. loosening an Internet connection c. losing an Internet connection d. lost in an Internet connection

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

New research suggests listening to sad music (1) _____________________ heartbreak of an ended relationship. The study contradicts common wisdom that upbeat music is best when feeling the (2) _____________________. It might account for why people began singing the blues – music to accompany (3) _____________________. The research is from the University of California at Berkeley. It says people find comfort in listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood. It (4) _____________________ books, or gloomy artwork provide (5) _____________________ hearts. Study co-author Stephen Palmer said: "Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to (6) ________________________."

The research is to be published in (7) _____________________ the "Journal of Consumer Research" and is titled: "Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences (8) _____________________ in Aesthetic Experiences." The authors say: "Consumers experience (9) _____________________ when intimate relationships are broken, and look for a surrogate to replace the lost personal bond….[In] negative moods, (10) ____________________ experiences consistent with their mood (sad (11) _____________________) even when more pleasant alternatives are also available." They report on another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we are frustrated - by being interrupted, (12) _____________________, or after losing an Internet connection.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What can listening to sad music help?
2.	What does the study contradict?
3.	What do people find comfort in?
4.	What else can mend a broken heart?
5.	What are "emotional experiences of aesthetic products" important to?
6.	In which edition of the journal is the research?
7.	When do consumers experience serious emotional distress?
8.	What do brokenhearted people look for?
9.	When do people listen to angry music?
10.	How many frustrations were mentioned?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What can listening to sad music help?	6.	In which edition of the journal is the research?
	a) make you more sad b) help people get over heartbreak c) make you happy d) get over Monday morning blues		a) the 100th edition b) 2012 c) August d) summer
2.	What does the study contradict?	7.	When do consumers experience serious emotional distress?
	a) the authors b) every other study c) a university d) a common belief that upbeat music is better		a) after 5pm b) when they lose their Internet connection c) when someone takes the last chocolate d) when close relationships end
3.	What do people find comfort in?	8.	What do broken-hearted people look for?
	a) music that reflects their negativity b) soul c) iPods d) hearing other people are heartbroken		a) a replacement for what they lost b) sadder music c) answers d) a new partner
4.	What else can mend a broken heart?	9.	When do people listen to angry music?
	a) shopping b) cakes and chocolate c) movies and artwork d) a hug from a friend		a) when they are frustrated b) when they are happy c) at work d) when they exercise
5.	What are "emotional experiences of aesthetic products" important to?	10.	How many frustrations were mentioned?
	a) our money b) our happiness and well-being c) a long life d) finding good music		a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Blues music

You think blues music is best to help people overcome a broken heart. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their music. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): classical music, rock and roll or folk music.

Role B – Classical music

You think classical music is best to help people overcome a broken heart. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their music. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): blues, rock and roll or folk music.

Role C – Rock and Roll

You think rock and roll is best to help people overcome a broken heart. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their music. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): classical music, blues or folk music.

Role D – Folk music

You think folk music is best to help people overcome a broken heart. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their music. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): classical music, rock and roll or blues.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'sad' and 'music'.

sad

music

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

help
upbeat
singing
find
weepy
well

edition
intimate
bond
even
prefer
losing

BROKEN HEARTS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about broken hearts in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

BROKEN HEARTS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the term 'broken heart'?
c)	How many times have you had a broken heart?
d)	How many times have you broken someone's heart?
e)	What's the best thing to do to overcome a broken heart?
f)	What kind or music or movie is best for a broken heart?
g)	Why do humans get broken hearts?
h)	What's the weepiest movie you've ever seen?
i)	Is it easy for you to be brokenhearted? Why?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Do you like blues music?
c)	How would relationships be different if we never got a broken heart?
d)	Do you need a surrogate or substitute for someone you lost?
e)	What different music do you play to suit your different moods?
f)	What do you do when you are frustrated?
g)	What would life be like without music?
h)	How do you act when you are brokenhearted?
i)	What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGE

New research suggests listening to sad music can help (1) ____ the heartbreak of an ended relationship. The study (2) ____ common wisdom that upbeat music is best when feeling the blues after emotional (3) ____. It might account for why people began singing the blues – music to accompany painful or miserable times. The research is from the University of California at Berkeley. It says people (4) ____ comfort in listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood. It also says weepy movies and books, or (5) ____ artwork provide comfort and console broken hearts. Study co-author Stephen Palmer said: "Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our happiness and (6) ____-being."

The research is to be published in the August edition of the "Journal of Consumer Research" and is (7) ____: "Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences for Mood-Congruency in Aesthetic Experiences." The authors say: "Consumers experience serious emotional (8) ____ when intimate relationships are broken, and look for a surrogate to replace the lost personal (9) ____ ….[In] negative moods, [they] might choose aesthetic experiences consistent with their mood (sad music; (10) ____-jerking dramas) even when more pleasant alternatives are also available." They report (11) ____ another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we are frustrated - by being interrupted, by someone being late, or after (12) ____ an Internet connection.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	overcome	(b)	overwrite	(c)	overturn	(d)	overtake
2.	(a)	contradictory	(b)	contradiction	(c)	contradicts	(d)	contradict
3.	(a)	turbine	(b)	turpentine	(c)	turmoil	(d)	turpitude
4.	(a)	contribute	(b)	record	(c)	amass	(d)	find
5.	(a)	gloomy	(b)	gleeful	(c)	glazing	(d)	grazing
6.	(a)	good	(b)	well	(c)	excellent	(d)	fine
7.	(a)	issued	(b)	noted	(c)	labeled	(d)	titled
8.	(a)	redress	(b)	distress	(c)	repress	(d)	mistress
9.	(a)	stickiness	(b)	glue	(c)	bond	(d)	adhesive
10.	(a)	fear	(b)	tear	(c)	dear	(d)	pear
11.	(a)	in	(b)	at	(c)	to	(d)	on
12.	(a)	loses	(b)	losing	(c)	loser	(d)	lost

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	The study icodncratts common wisdom
2.	music to nympccoaa painful or miserable times
3.	genaeivt mood
4.	eyewp movies
5.	lnscooe broken hearts
6.	athticsee products
Paragraph 2
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8.	iinatmet relationships
9.	a etrsgorau to replace the lost personal bond
10.	tcseinotns with their mood
11.	more pleasant sarivtleeant
12.	being errptuedtin

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	movies and books, or gloomy artwork provide comfort and console broken hearts. Study co-
( )	author Stephen Palmer said: "Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our happiness and well-being."
( 1 )	New research suggests listening to sad music can help overcome the heartbreak of an ended
( )	relationship. The study contradicts common wisdom that upbeat music is best when feeling the blues after emotional
( )	titled: "Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences for Mood-Congruency in Aesthetic Experiences." The authors
( )	are frustrated - by being interrupted, by someone being late, or after losing an Internet connection.
( )	experiences consistent with their mood (sad music; tear-jerking dramas) even when more pleasant
( )	miserable times. The research is from the University of California at Berkeley. It says people find
( )	alternatives are also available." They report on another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we
( )	The research is to be published in the August edition of the "Journal of Consumer Research" and is
( )	turmoil. It might account for why people began singing the blues – music to accompany painful or
( )	say: "Consumers experience serious emotional distress when intimate relationships are broken, and look
( )	for a surrogate to replace the lost personal bond….[In] negative moods, [they] might choose aesthetic
( )	comfort in listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood. It also says weepy

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	an overcome ended the relationship heartbreak of Help.
2.	blues best when Upbeat feeling music the is.
3.	blues account people the might why singing It for began.
4.	that reflect Listening their to negative tunes mood.
5.	happiness our to important are products Aesthetic.
6.	August edition The research is to be published in the.
7.	are when relationships broken Distress intimate.
8.	personal bond Look for a surrogate to replace the lost.
9.	mood their with consistent experiences aesthetic Choose.
10.	are angry frustrated music when We we prefer.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

New research suggests listening to sad music can help overtake / overcome the heartbreak of an ended relationship. The study contradicts / contradictions common wisdom that upbeat music is best when feeling the blues after emotional / emotions turmoil. It might accountable / account for why people began singing the blues – music to / so accompany painful or miserable times / tunes. The research is from the University of California at Berkeley. It says people find comfort in / on listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood. It also says weep / weepy movies and books, or gloomy artwork provide comfort and console / consolation broken hearts. Study co-author Stephen Palmer said: "Emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our happiness and good-being / well-being."

The research is to be / been published in the August edition of the "Journal of Consumer Research" and is noted / titled: "Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences for Mood-Congruency in Aesthetic Experiences." The authors say: "Consumers experiential / experience serious emotional distress / distrust when intimate relationships are broken, and seek / look for a surrogate to replace the lost personal bond….[In] negative moody / moods, [they] might choose aesthetic experiences consistent with their mood (sad music; tear-jerking dramas) even / ever when more pleasant alternatives are also availability / available." They report on another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we are frustrated / frustrating - by being interrupted, by someone being late, or after losing an Internet connects / connection.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

new research suggests listening to sad music can help overcome the heartbreak of an ended relationship the study contradicts common wisdom that upbeat music is best when feeling the blues after emotional turmoil it might account for why people began singing the blues – music to accompany painful or miserable times the research is from the university of california at berkeley it says people find comfort in listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood it also says weepy movies and books or gloomy artwork provide comfort and console broken hearts study co-author stephen palmer said "emotional experiences of aesthetic products are important to our happiness and well-being"

the research is to be published in the august edition of the "journal of consumer research" and is titled "interpersonal relationships and preferences for mood-congruency in aesthetic experiences" the authors say "consumers experience serious emotional distress when intimate relationships are broken and look for a surrogate to replace the lost personal bond…[in] negative moods [they] might choose aesthetic experiences consistent with their mood (sad music tear-jerking dramas) even when more pleasant alternatives are also available" they report on another study that found we prefer "angry music" when we are frustrated - by being interrupted by someone being late or after losing an internet connection

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Newresearchsuggestslisteningtosadmusiccanhelpovercometheheartbreakof
anendedrelationship.Thestudycontradictscommonwisdomthatupbeatmusicis
bestwhenfeelingthebluesafteremotionalturmoil.Itmightaccountforwhypeople
begansingingthebluesmusictoaccompanypainfulormiserabletimes.Theresearch
isfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.Itsayspeoplefindcomfortinlisteningto
tunesthatreflecttheirnegativemood.Italsosaysweepymoviesandbooks,or
gloomyartworkprovidecomfortandconsolebrokenhearts.Studyco-author
StephenPalmersaid:"Emotionalexperiencesofaestheticproductsareimportant
toourhappinessandwell-being."TheresearchistobepublishedintheAugust
editionofthe"JournalofConsumerResearch"andistitled:"Interpersonal
RelationshipsandPreferencesforMood-CongruencyinAestheticExperiences.
"Theauthorssay:"Consumersexperienceseriousemotionaldistresswhen
intimaterelationshipsarebroken,andlookforasurrogatetoreplacethelost
personalbond….[In]negativemoods,[they]mightchooseaesthetic
experiencesconsistentwiththeirmood(sadmusic;tear-jerkingdramas)even
whenmorepleasantalternativesarealsoavailable."Theyreportonanother
studythatfoundweprefer"angrymusic"whenwearefrustrated-bybeinginterrupted,bysomeonebeinglate,orafterlosinganInternetconnection.

FREE WRITING

Write about broken hearts for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

To help mend a broken heart, listening to happy, upbeat music is better than listening to sad music. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about music and feelings. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. BROKEN HEARTS: Make a poster about how to overcome a broken heart. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. SAD MUSIC: Write a magazine article about sad music healing broken hears. Include imaginary interviews with people who believe and don't believe this

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to a broken heart expert. Ask him/her three questions about broken hearts. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to overcome brokenheartedness. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	overcome	a.	defeat
2.	relationship	b.	romance
3.	turmoil	c.	confusion
4.	weepy	d.	sad
5.	console	e.	comfort
6.	edition	f.	issue
7.	congruency	g.	harmony
8.	intimate	h.	close
9.	surrogate	i.	substitute
10.	pleasant	j.	nice

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Overcome the heartbreak of a finished relationship
2.	Popular belief that upbeat music is better
3.	Listening to tunes that reflect their negative mood
4.	Movies and artwork
5.	Our happiness and well-being
6.	The August edition
7.	When intimate relationships are broken
8.	A surrogate to replace what they lost
9.	When they are frustrated
10.	Three

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

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