Week 4: Direct vs indirect communication

• Pre-class assignments

  • Read Are You a Direct or Indirect Communicator? Which type of communication do you belong to? Elaborate and give examples of why you think so.

  • What are the pros and cons of your type of communication?

  • What are a few ways to overcome the challenges as a result of your type of communication?

  • Share about a time when you had difficulties communicating with someone. What happened? What did you do? What was the outcome?

• In-class activities

  • Use the pre-class assignment as conversation starter

  • Are you aware of your type of communication, as well as your personal strengths, or weakness?

  • Can you adapt smoothly to different environment or settings?

  • Can you usually sense the feelings of the people you interact with and understand their way of seeing things?

  • Help student to develop an action plan to become better communicator

Link to video: 10 ways to have a better conversation