{"id":2896,"date":"2021-10-07T06:54:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T06:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/?page_id=2896"},"modified":"2021-12-28T06:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:46:04","slug":"telephone-call","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/telephone-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Telephone Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1633322218820{margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}” el_class=”sec11″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Telephone Call” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23800000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1640673962436{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Suitable for Step 1″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”none” el_class=”h22″ css=”.vc_custom_1633589719478{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”] \n

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30 to 40 minutes<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Mime or \u2018pretend phones\u2019 (empty match boxes or toothpaste packages), or even real cell phones.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Pairs<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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To strengthen the learners\u2019 ability to describe a given situation or topic in a detailed, structured and clear manner.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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  1. The learners sit in pairs.<\/li>\n
  2. They simulate a phone call in which one member of the pair describes a given situation or picture to his or partner on the phone (make-believe phone).<\/li>\n
  3. The listener is allowed and encouraged to ask questions to clarify the given description.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \n Contribution to Systems Thinking competence <\/h5>\n

    <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n [vc_column_text]The method helps learners to focus their thinking on a particular object or situation. Learners can prepare first descriptions of their understanding. They can continue to enrich the description through other methods such as internet research and interviews. Such a description forms the basis for further analysis.[\/vc_column_text] \n

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    \n Example <\/h5>\n

    <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n [vc_column_text]\u201cDescribe the flowering of a cotton plant\u201d or \u201cdescribe the processing of cotton to yarn\u201d are suitable topics for such phone conversations. Similarly, \u201cdescribe the steps of chips production\u201d is another suitable task.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1633322218820{margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}” el_class=”sec11″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Telephone Call” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23800000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1640673962436{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Suitable for Step 1″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”none” el_class=”h22″ css=”.vc_custom_1633589719478{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text] The learners sit in pairs. They simulate a phone call in which one member of the pair describes a given situation or picture to his or partner on the phone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2896\/revisions\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}