Given a business card, student identifies key information. Student demonstrates culturally appropriate active listening techniques using verbal and nonverbal feedback, showing awareness of the potential for cross-cultural misunderstanding that may evolve from misinterpreted nonverbal cues. A. Student responds to a video or audio cassette with feedback such as head nodding, aizuchi, and so forth. B. Student records observations of such feedback while viewing an interaction. C. Student displays active listening techniques in response to a teacher-presented monologue.
Student leaves information for a return call on an answering machine.
A. Student hears answering machine message and leaves basic information needed in order to receive a return call. Student writes brief functional notes in kana and kanji. A. Student writes an invitation for a party he or she is giving. B. Student writes a thank-you note to a friend for a gift received. D. Student writes a short note inviting a friend to participate together in some activity in the near future.