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Finally, it is useful to discuss with the participants what problems occurred during the
preparation of this activity. Was it for example related to describing their strengths? Maybe
acting out the scene in front of the class was too stressful for them? (15 minutes)

Activity no. 2 - Active listening
Total duration: approx. 50 minutes; Group size: 5 – 15 participants

a. Warm-up exercise on active listening. Put the participants in a circle and then play a
game of Chinese whispers together. One participant makes up a sentence and then
passes it on until the last person repeats it out loud. (15 minutes)
b. Put the trainees into pairs. One person will have to talk briefly about himself/herself and
the other will have to listen to this and then present this person on the basis of what
he/she has heard. Then confront what they said right with what they said wrong.
Afterwards, one person from the pair presents to the rest of the group what he/she has
found out about the other person. (15 minutes)
c. Prepare a collection of geometric shapes on sheets of paper (example below), then
match participants in pairs. One person from the pair stands facing the flipchart and the
other person from the pair stands behind him/her and receives a sheet of paper with the
figures drawn on it. The task of this person is to tell his/her friend how to draw the figures
(what size they are, how they are positioned in relation to each other). One of the
difficulties is that he/she cannot repeat his/her statements and the drawer cannot ask
clarifying questions. This exercise is to demonstrate the importance of both correct
communication and active listening. This exercise can be done by one pair as an example
for the class or can be done by all participants (use different designs). Each new pair
doing the exercise will have a better start and will be able to communicate better based
on the mistakes of their predecessors. (20 minutes)