Listening Activity

Listening and Language Games

Telephone

This requires several people to sit in a circle. The first person whispers a sentence into the ear of the person sitting beside them. Then, that person whispers into the ear of the next person what they heard. Continue whispering the sentence, as you heard it, until it makes its way back to the person of origin. Then, the sentence originator speaks out loud what came back. Has it changed? Continue taking turns allowing each person to originate a sentence until everyone has had a turn. Conversation Starter – It is easy for something to be misunderstood or heard differently than it was spoken.

★ Has this ever happened to you?

★ How do you think this could affect the way people feel towards one another?