Students will demonstrate ability to communicate without meaningful words by achieving conversations with numbers. The teacher comes into the class and looks menacingly at the students. Without saying a word she counts to 3 - loudly. She will then write the word paralanguage on the board.
Paralanguage is the ability to communicate without meaningful words - just gestures and voice tones.
The teacher will share an experience where she was unable to communicate in English. Encourage the students to share any experiences they have had using paralanguage. Students will be arranged in groups of 6 with 3 partnerships within each group of 6. Each partnership will be given a situation and three words to use. The students can only use the three words given to them to communicate.