Two Likes and a Wish

I use this when students are presenting.

For example, students come up with their own song in the "Hachijo: Create Your Piece" class.
As they are going through their creative process, I have them present what they have for each other.
Instead of me always giving them feedback, I have the students do "Two Likes and a Wish".
I ask the students that are watching to think of two things they liked/enjoyed about the presentation and one thing they wish the presenter can work on (i.e. I liked the change in dynamics throughout the piece and I liked the triplets in the fast section. I wish there was more "ma" in the slow section).
This gives the students that are watching an active role, instead of a being a passive audience member.
The advice giver may turn the given advice to themselves ("maybe I could put some more 'ma' in my solo'").
During practice time, the person that received the two likes and a wish can either take action on the wish and work on it, ignore it, or talk to the person or me about it.

For a small class (up to 5 students), I might have everyone share their Two Likes and a Wish with the person that presented.
For a large class, I usually pick one student to share their Two Likes and a Wish with the presenter (since everyone presents).

This works for all ages! Super cute with the little ones. :)

Comments

Thank you Yuri for this tip, I'll start using for my soloing-classes too.
Often times I hear people asking their students to critique eachother by saying "one good, and one bad" thing.
What a way to convert the "bad" to a "wish." This is a game-changer of the same approach.