Tips and Tricks for Preparing for a Role Play Assessment

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To start the process, gather the people together who will be participating in your role play, introduce the problem, and encourage an open discussion to uncover all of the relevant information. This will help people to start thinking about the problem before the role play begins.

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Next, set up the scenario in enough detail for it to feel ‘real’. Make sure that everyone is clear about the problem that you're trying to work through during each role play, and that they know what you wish to achieve by the end of the end of each role play.

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Once you've set the scene, identify the various fictional characters involved in each scenario.

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Once you've identified these roles, allocate them to the people involved in your role play; they should use their imagination to put themselves inside the minds of the people that they're representing. This involves trying to understand their perspectives, goals, motivations, and feelings when they play their part in your role play.

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Practice your role play prior to recording it. Each person can assume their role, and act out the scenario, trying different approaches and responses where appropriate.

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Record your role play.