How Do You Use Skits To Teach Making Good Observations?
One of the main things that all good communicators should do is make good observations about when it is your turn to speak and when it is your turn to actively listen when it is someone else’s turn to speak. Here is a fun skit that will help illustrate this point for your students. The students will be directed to display a bad communication skill. Then the class will guess which technique they should have done to be better communicators. Put up a large sheet of chart paper and label it with the following words: “What do Good Communicators do? Teacher Says or Asks: Do I have a volunteer to read this title out loud with excitement and enthusiasm? Students Respond: (Choose and eager volunteer to read the poster aloud.) Teacher Says or Asks: We are going to act out 13 skits that demonstrate some BAD Communication Techniques. There are 2 people in each skit. Therefore, there are 26 parts in all. After each skit, we will decide what was the GOOD Communication Skill that should have been use
