SAMPLE

SMALL GROUP LISTENING EXERCISE

 

 

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

 

 

  1. Choose one of your group members’ chosen position paper topics

 

  1. Identify the heart of the controversy on the topic. Frame this central issue as a question.

 

  1. Briefly share perspectives on the central issue with one another. Be sure that everyone in the group has responded (even briefly) to this question: “What is your perspective on the central issue?”  Do not move to Step 4 until everyone has contributed.

 

  1. Select two group members to serve as reporters. Assist each reporter in preparing a brief summary of a reasonable, well informed point of view on the central issue.  Be sure the views the two reporters are significantly different from one another (and potentially at odds with one another).

 

  1. After completing this process, write the central issue on the board.