Speaking on the radio in a manner so people will listen needs some training as well as some basic knowledge. You will find it along with a simple exercise here.
Many people are afraid to talk on the radio because they think they do not speak “well” enough. Maybe they think so because they have an accent or they speak a dialect, they do not have a “radio-voice” or maybe because they keep saying “ee” instead of “i”. But who says that someone speaks “well” and someone else does not? What is “right” and what is “wrong”?
Language is something very individual. Nevertheless, there are tips and rules that help to express oneself clearly on the radio.
There is a PDF document attached to this articles, in which you can find all the basic knowledge on speaking and presenting that you will need for the input portion of this exercise.
Read it and use it to tell your participants about how to speak on the radio.
Do a brain storming session first:
When you (participants) listen to the radio, what comes to mind in terms of how the presenter is speaking, what kind of sentences he/she is forming?
Important answers: short and consise sentences. Spoken language (contrast to literary language). The WH-Questions are important (WHo, WHat, WHen, WHere, WHy, and HoW). Repeating yourself is allowed.
Then do the input session along the PDF guidelines: Ask the participants to write a few sentences in "radio speak" about a free topic along these guidelines. They should read the texts aloud and the others then can comment on them.
Alternatively you can have them record their sentences. This way takes longer, but they practice the technical stuff as well.
Room(s), Table(s), Chairs.
Mobile recording devices (if needed)
Paper
Pens
Newspaper clippings or printed articles (if needed)