Interpersonal Communications Lesson Plan

Interpersonal Communications Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to interpret common signs, symbols, and non-verbal messages.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify the principal factors affecting everyday interpersonal communication.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to use non-verbal signals and visual aids to convey different messages.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to initiate a conversation in different settings.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to narrate observations, events, experience, feedback, and procedures.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to use questioning techniques to enhance communication.
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to use the vocabulary appropriate to a range of public contexts, including personal health care, working life, and financial transactions.

What do you already know about interpreting signs, symbols, and non-verbal messages?

Interpreting Signs, Symbols, and Non-Verbal Messages

Non-Verbal Communication: conveying a message without words.
Facial expressions, gestures, posture, and other visual cues.
Visual Aids: objects or materials used to enhance communication.
Graphs, charts, pictures, or videos.

Factors Affecting Interpersonal Communication

Understanding the factors influencing daily communication.
Impact of environment and culture on communication.

Non-Verbal Communication and Visual Aids

Skills needed to use non-verbal signals and visual aids.
Conveying different messages through non-verbal cues and visual aids.

Initiating Conversations

Skills needed to start conversations in various contexts.
Effective ways to initiate conversations.

Narration and Reporting in Communication

Narrating observations, events, experiences, feedback, and procedures.
Effective techniques for narration and reporting.

Questioning Techniques

Strategies used in conversations to elicit information.
Encouraging discussion and clarifying understanding.

Vocabulary for Public Contexts

Using appropriate vocabulary in public contexts.
Personal health care, working life, and financial transactions.

Definition List

Non-Verbal Communication: The process of conveying a message without the use of words, which may include facial expressions, gestures, posture, and other visual cues.
Interpersonal Communication: The exchange of information between two or more people through verbal or non-verbal methods.
Visual Aids: Objects or materials used to enhance the communication of information, such as graphs, charts, pictures, or videos.
Questioning Techniques: Strategies used in conversations to elicit information, encourage discussion, or clarify understanding, including the use of open and closed questions.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.