Starter activity - teaching communication
Recommend on Google+
The topic of communication at both GCSE and A level lends itself to a fantastic range of activities. Here are a couple I recently tried and they went down an absolute storm.
After a general introduction into what communication is etc, I launched straight into ‘back to back’, an activity done in pairs. This needs a bit of preparation before hand but its well worth it. I pre-prepared some A4 sheets that basically had random shapes on there. Triangles, squares, circles etc etc. Filled the page I did. Make it complex. I prepared two different sheets of A4 per pair. Then, I split the kids into pairs, putting them ‘back to back’ (sitting down works best). Then, they take it in turns to describe to their ‘partner’ the shapes/ picture on the paper whilst the other one attempts to draw it (I use mini-whiteboards for this). Some kids managed to get exact replicas, others were hopeless. I then used this to draw out the importance of good communication in achieving corporate objectives.
I then followed it up with a classic clip from the Two Ronnie’s. What a belter. I used to use the tried and tested ‘communication problems’ scene from Fawlty Towers but I think that’s best left for customer service. The clip lasts about 6 minutes and covers lot’s of discussion points relating to poor communication, for example, duplication of work. Four candles? Enjoy!
blog comments powered by Disqus
Leadership in a multinational business - what leadership style works best? [30 Jan 2012]
Leadership - Tough decisions to turn Starbucks around [29 Jan 2012]
De-layering: do firms need middle managers? [5 Oct 2011]
Back to Back - Teaching Communication [4 Jan 2011]
Dominos Pizza - Growth & Strategy (Part 3) - Smart Marketing [26 Nov 2010]
Contingency planning failure leads to customer service disaster [12 Feb 2010]
Revision Presentation - Introduction to Communication [17 Jan 2010]
BUSINESS TEACHER RESOURCE NEWSLETTER
Get first news of business teaching resources, ideas and other materials from tutor2u. Over 9,400 business teachers from the UK and around the world receive our regular teacher email newsletters. Sign up for free here!
Popular Topic Tags
recession, demand, prices, price, unemployment, profit, economics, costs, investment, inflation, supply, employment, trade, competition, gdp, risk, china, debt, euro, entrepreneur, capacity, production, innovation, downturn, tutor2u, revision, pay, exports, manufacturing, confidence, profits, food, incentives, banks, strategy, globalisation, aqa, expectations, oil, csr, usa, startup, retailers, housing, productivity, sterling, supermarkets, takeover, google, economies of scale, mortgage, cash flow, advertising, quiz, leadership, property, buss4, tesco, economic growth, video, efficiency, enterprise, motivation, stakeholders, apple, deflation, corporate social responsibility, ebea, market share, airlines, pricing, taxation, merger, slowdown, bank of england, acquisition, interest rates, market failure, borrowing, competitiveness, sustainability, product life cycle, credit crunch, budget deficit, aqa business studies, facebook, twitter, aqa business, bbc, nelson thornes, philip allan updates, starbucks, philip allan, monopoly, diversification, recruitment, organic growth, stocks, training, oligopoly, starter activity, shareholders, uk economy, poverty, emerging markets, dollar, government failure, retailing, management, suppliers, buss1, marketing mix, tim harford, cpi, branding, opportunity cost, breakeven, government spending, hodder education, vat, product, customer service, eu, losses, wages, evaluation, india, external growth, wealth, environment, edexcel, location, promotion, technology, information failure, business studies revision, sources of finance, franchise, aqa gce business, elasticity, regulation, spare capacity, welfare, jobs, economic cycle, marketing, zondle, strategic direction, british airways,View all tags for the Business Blog
