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Group discussion following the two role plays
You may want to discuss what the students think about the first role play as soon
as it is over. Or you may want to wait until both role plays have been presented, so
the students can compare them.
Good questions to start a
discussion might be:
• What did you think of the
two classes (on dental care)?
• From which class did you
learn more?
• Which did you like better?
Why?
• Who do you think was the
better teacher? Why?
You may be surprised at some of the answers you get! Here are a few answers
we have heard students give:
“I learned more from the first class, because the teacher told us more. I learned a
lot of new words. Of course, I didn’t understand them all . . .”
“The first class was much better organized.”
“I liked the second class better, but the first one was better taught.”
“The second class was too disorderly. You could scarcely tell the teacher from
the students.”
“The first teacher wasn’t as nice, but he had better control of the class.”
“The first teacher was by far the best. He told us something. The second one
didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know!”
“I felt more comfortable in the first class—I don’t know why. I guess I knew
that as long as I kept my mouth shut, I’d be all right. It was more like real
school!”
“The second class was more fun. I forgot it was a class!”
By asking still more questions, you may be able to get the students to look more
closely at what they learned—and have yet to learn—from the two classes. Follow
through with questions like these:
• In which class did you understand more of what was said? Does this matter?
• From which class can you remember more? Does this matter?