DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY
South La Union Campus
Agoo, La Union
College of Graduate Studies
GAC 201 : GROUP PROCESS
Name: JAYA V. CAJALNE Date: May 25, 2019
Program: Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling
COMMUNICATION
Definition:
Communication is the means by which individuals relate to one another in order to achieve
personal and group objectives. In one message, one communicates facts, events, perceptions, ideas, needs,
wants and beliefs. Other than through spoken or written word, one communicates through gesture, tone of
voice, facial expression, eye contact, body posture, timing in speaking and physical distance.
Communication is important because it brings people together, closer to each other.
“The greatest problem in communication is that we listen to react not to understand.”
Ways to Develop Communication Skills
1. Listen with Intention
2. Record/Watch yourself talk
3. Read fictions, news, memoires and blogs to be Emphatic
4. Make sure you have all the information before acting on something
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. To emphasize the importance of active listening in effective interpersonal communication.
2. To promote listening readiness.
3. To learn the skills of understanding complete messages.
4. Help participants drive creative communications and find ways to communicate around barriers.
MATERIALS NEEDED: Pencil, Paper, and Chairs
TIME: 1 hour
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Two or more participants
UNFREEZING ACTIVITY: Follow Instructions Activity
Directions: Asked them to be silent and listen. Tell them to:
1. Draw a circle.
2. Draw a triangle inside the circle
3. Draw a square in the corner
4. Draw a heart inside the square
5. Sign your name on the paper
6. Draw a smiley face
Have everyone hold up their picture (keep yours a secret) and you will find that most of the pictures are
different in some way. Tell them none of your pictures match, so we are going to try this again. Ask the
group, why weren’t any of their drawings similar?
Take your group suggestions and use them. Therefore, ask the group to flip over their paper and start
again.
1. Draw a circle 4 inches in diameter in the center of your paper.
2. Draw a triangle inside the circle so that all three corners are touching the circle.
3. Draw I inch square on the bottom-left corner of your paper.
4. Sign “your name” as spelled out Y-O-U-R-N-A-M-E on the bottom-right side of your paper
5. Draw a smiley face before the word your name.
MAIN ACTIVITY: Back to Back Drawing
Directions:
Have two people sit back-to-back.
Ask each pair to decide who will be the director and who will be the illustrator. Hand a simple drawing to
the director. Instruct the director to conceal the drawing from her partner. The illustrator gets blank sheet
of paper and a pencil. He, too, must conceal his paper from his partner.
Next, directors tell their illustrators how to replicate the drawing, using only verbal instructions (without
explicitly saying what the object is). The illustrator must then draw it based on his partner’s description.
To make this more challenging, do not allow the illustrators to ask questions.
When all pairs are finished, bring the group back together to compare drawings and discuss how they
handled the assignment. Invite participants to discuss the process of giving and receiving instructions.
Questions:
1. What difficulties did you experience?
2. What insights did you gain from the whole experience?
3. How can I apply this learning in my interpersonal relationships?
*Everyone heard the same message, yet everyone perceived the message differently. This is why a great
communication skill is to repeat back what you heard so the person talking can confirm if you heard it the
way they mean it. It’s important that the speaker be specific and detailed too.
We need to communicate and listen effectively to get the results intended.
