ESSAY OUTLINE

Name : Abdur Rahman Bin Halid

Student No. : BA18110508
Section No. : 13
Topic : Theater
Focus : Medium for Soft Skill Training
Title : Theater as a Medium for Soft Skill Training
Source : https://trainingindustry.com/magazine/jul-aug-2018/theater-as-a-medium-for-soft-skills-training/
https://burtsdrama.com/2015/10/28/building-on-dramas-soft-skills/

1 INTRODUCTION
A. Central Idea/Argument(s) (CI/A)
i. Theater has many benefits that people don’t often consider. There are many things a person can learn
from performing and engaging in a theatrical production.
ii. Theater promotes communication skills, teamwork, dialogue, negotiation, socialization. It stimulates the
imagination and creativity
iii. It allows the development of a critical thinking and allows us to make better and more conscious decisions

B. Thesis Statement of the Essay (ThS)

Theater is one of the most effective ways to develop soft skills and emotional intelligence in people, skills
that are often not developed through the traditional education system.
2 BODY PARAGRAPH 1

A. Topic Sentence (TS)

Theater allows you to develop confidence in yourself

B. Supporting Detail(s) (SD)

i. Theater helps to build self-confidence by encouraging participants to maintain eye contact while talking
and speak more clearly
ii. Your accomplishments in theater show you that you can handle a variety of jobs, pressures, difficulties
and responsibilities.

C. Concluding Sentence (CS):

That is why theater is a good platform to train confidence in ourselves when we talk in front many people or
in public

3 BODY PARAGRAPH 2

A. Topic Sentence (TS)

Theater helps you to develops oral communication skills in yourself

B. Supporting Detail(s) (SD)

i. Theater helps develops the confidence that’s essential to speaking clearly, lucidly, and thoughtfully.
Acting prepares you to speaking effectively if public.
ii. Collaborative experiences offer opportunities in developing clear, precise, and well-organized oral
communication skills.

C. Concluding Sentence (CS)

Thus, by studying teater it allow us to be speaking effectively, not just in public also in some of job
interview
4 BODY PARAGRAPH 3

A. Topic Sentence (TS)

Theater also teach us to manage our time and respect for deadlines

B. Supporting Detail(s) (SD)

i. For theater, deadlines are very important, and the entire team needs to value them for effective
performance. it teaches the significance of timekeeping an overall manner, while performing and
delivering speeches.
ii. In theater you must make sure that the they use your time effectively, that you create and rehease your
performance ready and on time.

C. Concluding Sentence (CS)

So, studying teater can teaches us to be a people who take care of time and finish they assignment and
job on the time

5 CONCLUSION
i. Experiential training has always had a great impact besides increasing engagement. Theater-based training is a
new form of experiential learning that brings joy, engagement and true return on investment.
ii. As an art form and training format, it provides space for participants to explore aspects about themselves through
reflection and observation. Theater-based training is “an antidote to workplace negativity.
iii. As a student of theater course, I hope theater can be a new methodology for corporate training to enchance
many business competencies, including leadership, communication, creativity, team building, and emotion
management skills.