Table 1.

Items of the self-perception rating (students)

Item: Right now, I feel able to…..	Rating
1.) … answer sympathetically to the verbal and non-verbal cues and needs of my counterpart (empathy)	1 = completely disagree; 2 = rather disagree; 3 = partly accept; 4 = rather agree; 5 = agree; 6 = completely agree
2.) … organize a conversation coherently and direct the flow of the conversation (structure)
3.) … adapt my manner to my counterpart in wording, voice modulation, speech rate etc. (verbal expression)
4.) … motivate my counterpart in the conversation by using non-verbal techniques (non-verbal expression)