I.

ICEBREAKER
Power of Body Language
Instructions:
A series of instructions will be given to you which you would copy as fast as
you can.
Procedure:
1. Explain to the group that you are going to give them a series of
instructions, which you would like them to copy as fast as they can.
2. State the following actions as you do them:
Put your hand to your nose
Clap your hands
Stand up
Touch your shoulder
Sit down
Stamp your foot
Cross your arms
Put your hand to your mouth BUT WHILE SAYING THIS PUT YOUR
HAND TO YOUR NOSE
3. Observe the number of group members who copy what you did rather than
what you said.
II. LECTURETTE
Three Levels of Communication
We communicate face-to-face with others, we receive messages on three
basic levels: nonverbal behaviors, voice inflections, and vocabulary.
Vocabulary messages consist of the actual words we use to communicate
with others.
Voice inflections consist of the way that someone says something, this would
include the tone, speed, emotions, pace, and volume. For example, saying
the word "no" with the voice inflection indicating doubt and saying it with a
voice inflection indicating a definitive negative. So, the way someone says
something can dramatically change the meaning of the words being spoken.
Nonverbal behaviors include body language, facial expressions, and gestures
that someone might use while communicating with others.
Which of these three factors is most important, which is most influential in
sending a message from one person to another?
Studies have shown that:
7% of what we communicate is based on vocabulary;
38% of what we communicate is based on voice inflections; and
55% of what we communicate is based on verbal behaviors.

So much of the messages we get from others is from their nonverbal

behaviors. You dont have to be an expert to learn to read other peoples
body language such as crossed arms, a defensive posture, or even facial
expressions.
Did you had the experience of knowing what someone was going to say by
his or her body language before he or she even began talking?
To become more effective communicators you need to pay attention to these
three levels of communications when communicating with others. By
becoming more conscious and even in control of the way you say things, you
can help ensure that you are being understood by others. We need to be
careful in our communications not to send what is often called mixed
messages to others. A mixed message in this sense is when the actual words
being spoken are not consistent with the speakers voice inflections and/or
body language. This confuses others and makes them unsure of what was the
real message being sent. You will notice that the most effective
communicators present a consistent message concerning these three levels
of communications.
III. ACTIVITY
Charades
Description:
It is an acting game in which one player acts out a word or phrase, often by
miming similar-sounding words, and the other players guess the word or
phrase. The idea is to use physical rather than verbal language to convey the
meaning to another party.
Participants:
Time: 20-30 minutes
Materials:
a stopwatch or other timing device
a notepad and pencil for scorekeeping
blank slips of paper
two baskets or other containers for the slips
Objectives:
The participants should be able:
Cognitive: To interpret the nonverbal behaviors being presented in order for
them to understand the meaning of the given statement.
Affective: To participate actively in the activity in order for them to provide
other references for the group.
Psychomotor: To execute the nonverbal behavior skills reliably in order for
them to perform the task with expertise.

Procedure:
1. Divide the players into two teams, preferably of equal size.
2. Divide the slips of paper between the two teams.
3. Review the gestures and hand signals and invent any others you deem
appropriate.
4. The teams temporarily adjourn to separate rooms, to come up with
phrases to put on their pieces of paper. These phrases may either be
quotations or titles of books, movies, plays, television shows, and songs.
5. Rules to prevent the phrases from being too hard to guess:
no team should write down any phrase unless at least three people on
the team have heard of it;
no phrase should be longer than seven words;
no phrase should consist solely of a proper name (i.e., it should also
contain other words);
no foreign phrases are allowed.
6. Once they have finished writing their phrases, the teams come back to the
same room.
Instructions:
A player from Team A draws a phrase slip from Team B's basket, in vice versa.
After that, the player will be given a short time to review the slip then the
instructor will tell the player when to start. Each team then has two minutes
to guess the phrase. A point will be given to the team who will be ble to figure
it out before the clock runs out.
Guide Questions
Publishing: How did you feel during the activity?
What have you observed?
Processing: Did you find the activity hard?
What do you think is the purpose of the activity?
Generalizing: Do we all interpret nonverbal messages in the same way? why
or why not?
What have you learned from the discussion and the activity?
Applying: Base on this activity, what are some things we can keep in mind
regarding the message we send nonverbally?
How can you avoid giving "mixed messages" to another person?