Situations

After reading the “The Art of Intergenerational and International Conversation” guides, see what happens in the following situations. guide, see what happens in the following situations. You will see two actors playing the role of two people from different generations and backgrounds having a series of online conversations. Each time you finish watching a situation think about the following questions:

Are they understanding each other?
Why yes or no?
What factors contribute to worsening or improving communication?
If they are not communicating, what would you do differently?
What have you noted to repeat in your online meetings to facilitate communication?

Sending files 2:57

Telling anecdotes 1 1:13

Telling anecdotes 2 3:14

Screen sharing 1 2:31

Screen sharing 2 1:35

Contextualizing a story 1:21

Alphabet soup 0:58

This is how a second language learner may feel when they are spoken to quickly in the language they are learning. Remember to speak clearly and slowly 0:58