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15 min. Rapport Building – exercise – Role play Laptop, projector, pen,
Invite the participants to watch some videos of paper
- a role play showing empathetic listening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odXenbRMnU8 - -
- an animation clip (Inside Out) showing an empathetic
listening process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t685WM5R6aM
Pair the learners (one will be the learner and the other
will play the trainers’ role) and ask them to prepare a
role play where they need “to be listened”
empathetically by their trainer/educator in the
following cases (pairs can choose):
Case 1: Young unemployed mother desperate after not
being successful at her very last job interview (after
having been already rejected three times).

Case 2: Young male migrant from Eastern Europe –
otherwise with very good competences – being
discriminated at a job interview where young male
Muslim refugees were offered the job instead of him
(reason: country’s policy).

Bring the group back together for a few moments of
reflection and debrief. Ask participants the following:

For Learner: Did you feel that you received empathy
from your mentor?

For Trainer: Was it difficult not offering any solution only
trying to be in the learner’s shoes?

Variations which can be introduced: Pairs swith roles
and experience also the other persons’ situation at a
next phase.
5 min Final comments
Initiate a discussion and let trainers express their
impressions of the exercise and what they have learned.
This can also be used for other units for evaluation of
the training.