Fishbowl

A group of students form a circle to discuss, conduct a lab experiment, or engage in another observable event while other students surround these students, observing the ongoing activity. Students should rotate places.

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Individual/Group Activity Group
Class SizeSmall (<25) & Medium (25-50)
Bloom’s Taxonomy LevelApply
Development InitialTransitional Knowing
Minimum Time to Facilitate16-30 Minutes
Minimum Time to Debrief< 10 Minutes
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Additional Resources

Intan, I. (2019). Applying Fishbowl Technique to Enhance Students’ Speaking Ability at Eleventh GradeStudent of SMA 1 TUTAR (Doctoral dissertation, IAIN Parepare): https://repository.iainpare.ac.id/id/eprint/1234/

Yustiati, T., Azwan, A., Bugis, R., Handayani, N., & Bin-Tahir, S. Z. (2015). The implementation of fishbowl strategy in teaching English speaking. Researchgate. net: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nanik-Handayani/publication/326328648_The_Implementation_of_Fishbowl_Strategy_in_Teaching_English_Speaking/links/5b46616645851519b4b075e8/The-Implementation-of-Fishbowl-Strategy-in-Teaching-English-Speaking.pdf

Nisa, R. (2016). Cooperative Teaching-Learning using the Fishbowl Technique for teaching reading. English education journal, 7(3), 298-310: https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/EEJ/article/view/4585

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