Life Without Questions or No Questions, Please!, A

Subgroup Size

Pairs

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Rao, N. (2011). A life without questions, or no questions, please. 

 

Was used in two different presentations by Janet Bennett:

Bennett, J. (2015, May 24-29). New horizons in student engagement for intercultural learning [Conference presentation]. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference, Boston, MA, United States. https://shelbycearley.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/new-horizons-in-student-engagement-for-intercultural-learning-handout.pdf

 

Bennett, J. (2016, February 3-5). Interactive methods for teaching about cultural difference [Conference presentation]. WISE Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, United States. https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/18/2016/03/Bennett.Janet_.2016.pdf

Tags:

  1. emotional resilience
  2. indirect communication
  3. nonverbal communication
  4. preparation for study abroad
  5. storytelling
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  1. User annettebenson1's profile picture annettebenson1 1:48 am 19 December 2019

    At a meeting of the Purdue InterCultural Learning Community of Practice, a demonstration of this tool by Natasha Harris, Connie Kaspar Brophy, and Dr. Zenephia Evans included an added step, which we found effective. Each "patient" in the simulation was handed a card with an illness printed on it, which they tried to describe to the "doctor," rather than the "patient" having to think up an illness on the spur of the moment.
  2. User annettebenson1's profile picture annettebenson1 3:20 am 19 December 2019

    When I was first introduced to this experiential tool with Dr. Mick Vande Berg, he added challenge to this exercise by adding in an indirect communication component. The "patient" and "client" were instructed to use an indirect communication style in describing our illness/ideal home to the "doctor"/"architect." I will never forget the look of total bewilderment on my "architect's" face when I began by telling him that I really like the design of my sister's house, and he couldn't ask me questions about what my sister's house looks like.

    When it was time for me to be the patient, my "doctor" responded "Tell me more" to each of my indirect statements. Mick heard him and then outlawed "Tell me more" as being too close to being a question.