Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise Writing

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6a - Reading for the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

How can the text help someone who suffers from this phobia? In a few minutes write a few sentences, then read them to the class.

Answer

It can help them to understand why they are afraid of spiders and to learn that they are not so scary after all. It can also help them by explaining a kind of therapy that is used to cure people of their phobia. Perhaps they will consider it, too.