Activity 1

• Accepting constructive criticism
• Showing respect and consideration to others

• Following printed sheets A4 size
• Pen, Pencil
• Chairs

The students have to observe, analyse and put themselves in the scenes following practicing respect. Then will be asked to reflect upon it.

Joseph has been monitoring his employee, Susan, and notices that she has continued to be late to their weekly meetings. He also notices that even though she is late, she does contribute to the meeting and has her materials ready. However, her tardiness usually upsets the other employees and disrupts the presentation of reports that they have prepared. Joseph sent Susan an email a few days before the meeting and reminded her that she is supposed to arrive on time and be ready for her co-workers’ reports. That week Susan was late for the meeting again. Afterwards, Joseph called Susan into his office and spoke with her about the problem. She had excuses, such as car trouble or broken alarms. Joseph reminded Susan where it is against company policy to constantly be tardy and reviewed the policy page with her, including possible consequences for continued behaviour. At the following week’s meeting, Susan arrived on time.

“Practicing Your Tone”

In the following exercise, role-play each situation with a partner. Turn your back to each other and practice the following statements and notice the tone that can come with each sentence. Try to identify the tone you and your partner make on each statement.

Phrase #1 – Your job performance has declined 50% this week.

Notes:_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Phrase #2 – I’d like to see you improve your typing speed by the end of the month.

Notes:_____________________________________________________________________________________________

“Being Face to Face”

In the following exercise, role-play each situation with a partner. Turn your back to each other or simply look in another direction and practice the following statements. Then turn and look at each other face to face and discuss how different each experience felt. Which seems to be most effective?

Phrase #1 – Your job performance has declined 50% this week.

Not facing each other: ________________________________________________________________________________

After facing each other:_______________________________________________________________________________

Phrase #2 – I need to see your data entry speed increase before the end of this quarter.

Not facing each other:________________________________________________________________________________

After facing each other:_______________________________________________________________________________

• Can you determine the appropriate atmosphere in which criticism should take place in ?
• Do you think that is preparing and planning to deliver constructive criticism a good way for showing respect and consideration ?
• What can you do in your environment to show respect and consideration to others?

This activity can be done with different age groups and is appropriate for mixed age groups. In this way, observation and questioning skills can be considered from different aspects.