What does a SKILLS (powered by Mathanja) workshop look like?
The basic workshop takes three hours and consists of 3 parts:
- Warming up
- Game time
- Reflection
In the warming up (1) I hide different kinds of skills, like critical thinking or creativity. The activities help participants to warm up their English and it helps me to see how the participants work and what their level of English is.
The game (2) is an adaptation of competitive debates. This can actually be done on an international level. For more information: www.debatovani.cz.
The reflection (3) is important for people to realize how much there is to gain by playing this game, helping participants to build a growth-mindset.
The difference between the basic workshop and other workshops is that we don’t need to explain the rules of the game anymore and therefore have more time to develop SKILLS that are helpful to get better at the competitive debate. Mind you: all of the activities are ACTIVITIES, so all participants are asked to work and engage. Power-point presentations are my enemy 😉
The workshops makes participants:
- speak, listen, and work in English
- work in teams
- practice communication skills like:
- exploring the difference between stronger and weaker arguments
- learning the importance of respectful speech
- how to explain ideas/situations more thoroughly
- try a competitive debate for themselves (either as a speaker or a judge)
What do the participants say about the basic workshop?
ZŠ Truhlářská – class 9C
• “I liked the debating game. It was really fun!”
• “It was chill, and I didn’t feel pressured. It was easy to understand.”
• “I didn’t like that the two-circle game was too short.”
ZŠ Truhlářská – class 8A
• “I liked everything and also the lady was very fine.”
• “It was super great”.
Gymnázium Karlovy vary – kvinta
• “A lot of conversation face to face.”
• “I surprised myself, because I have a problem to talk in front of a group of people, but in this workshop, I felt very nice and relaxed and wasn’t nervous at all. (almost).”
Skills – level up
You loved the basic workshop, and you’d like to get better at SKILLS? Then register for one of the dates.
What can you expect from a level-up workshop?
a) Warming up where we work on one of the many 21st century skills
b) Compete
c) Decide who the winner is
Do you want SKILLS at your school or company?
We offer SKILLS workshops in school and companies as well as teacher training. For a personalized offer contact us, we will be happy to hear from you!