Gibberish Introduction

Exercise Beginner 15 min 3–20

Description

Players introduce themselves or tell stories using only gibberish (nonsense sounds), relying on tone, emotion, and physicality to communicate meaning.

Setup Requirements

Circle or line formation

Point of Concentration

Communicating meaning without real words

Side Coaching

Commit to the sounds! Let emotion drive the gibberish. Your body can help tell the story.

Points of Observation

Can we understand the general meaning? Are players committed to the gibberish or reverting to real words?

Evaluation

What did you understand? What helped communication besides words? How did it feel to speak without real language?

Examples

Start with emotional greetings, progress to telling your day, eventually do full gibberish scenes.

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