Speak to two people in two different ways - 1) via phone or video chat and 2) through email, messenger, or phone texting.You will ask them the same set of questions and discuss the same topic - their birthday or vacation plans. You will ask them the following questions:

1. What are you doing for your birthday or next vacation?
2. What did you do last year?
3. What do you want as a gift or what do you want to do while on vacation?

After your interaction, answer the following questions in the Week 1 Step 1 section of your Communication Notebook.Download Communication Notebook.

1. How much time did each exchange take (roughly)?
2. How well were the questions answered via phone or video chat?
3. How well were the questions answered via email, messenger, or phone texting?
4. How close did you feel to the person in the phone or video chat exchange?
5. How close did you feel to the person in email, messenger, or phone texting exchange?
6. Which interaction was most satisfying and why?