THEATRE GAME: THE GIBBERISH TRANSLATIONS

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Improv

Description

To develop improvisational skills, use creative imagination, nonverbal language and become aware of voice inflections by telling a story in gibberish.

Players

Minimum number of players: At least 2

Maximum number of players: No more than 20

Materials

Space Required

Standard Room

Instructions

1) Tell a student that he/she will become a person from a foreign land and that he will not be able to speak English; only gibberish.
2) Ask for a student volunteer to translate for the foreigner. The translator will pretend to understand everything said and translate it into English for the other students/
3) This should be a 1-2 minute story. The foreigner says a little and then allows the translator to translate.

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