PURPOSIVE

COMMUNICATIO
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Ms. Richelle Lynne F. Cu

ADAMSONIAN PRAYER
ACTIVITY

• Play the game, “Telephone”. Start by lining up or sitting in a circle. Assign one member to think of a
phrase or a sentence and let him or her whisper it in the next person’s ear. The next person then
whispers the phrase or sentence he or she heard to the next person, and so on until it reaches the last
member of the group.
ANALYSIS

• What were your observations from the activity you have just done?
• What elements of communication were present in that activity?
• What problems do you think existed while you were working on the activity?
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COMMUNICATIO
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Ms. Richelle Lynne F. Cu

ADAMSONIAN PRAYER
ACTIVITY: JUST LISTEN

This activity offers you a chance to communicate your feelings and

provide a recap or rephrasing of another person’s feelings on a subject.
TOPICS
1. Most professors have a biased attitude
2. Scholarships are not always fair
3. The death penalty shouldn’t be legal
4. How can we make the internet a safer place?
5. Being a vegetarian is healthier than eating meat
6. Renting a house is better than buying
7. How to choose a college major?
8. How to save money in college?
LET’S REFLECT!

• For speakers:
• How did you feel about your partners’ ability to listen with an open
mind?
• Did your partners’ body language communicate how they felt about
what was being said?
LET’S REFLECT!

• For listeners:
• How did you feel about not being able to speak about your own views
on the topic?
• How well were you able to keep an open mind?
• How well did you listen?
LET’S REFLECT!

• How well did you summarize the speakers’ opinions?

• Did you get better as the exercise progressed?
• How can you use the lesson from this exercise at work?