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InTime
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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:40 am Post subject: FREE E-FORUM-Training-DramaInEnglishLanguageTraining |
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Check it out.
Inter-national Discussion/Workshop
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EVO_Drama_2008
The Electronic Village Online's Discussion 0f Drama in English Language Training
Getting Started with
DRAMA
in the
LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
From theater games to role plays to full-scale productions, language teachers throughout the world have long recognized the value of drama in all its forms.
Building on TESOL-Drama's Electronic Village Online Workshops in 2004 -2007, we focus on how teachers new to drama in the language classroom can get started.
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This group is for all who have an interest in teaching
English through drama at the elementary, secondary, or tertiary levels. No computer expertise required!
WEEK ONE
Introductions of members. Getting familiar with the interface. Reading: Why drama is useful in language teaching.
WEEK TWO
Simple physical and vocal exercises, participatory games, improvisations and role plays.
WEEK THREE
Working with K-12, university, and/or adult students: how materials differ and how to choose them. Developing materials in a dramatic context.
WEEK FOUR
Rehearsal steps.
WEEK FIVE
Rehearsing live with text as an online group. This week culminates in a live audio performance!
WEEK SIX
Assessment strategies. Wrap up and planning next year.
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Anda
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: Jiangsu Province
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:20 am Post subject: Um |
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Gee, there is plenty of ideas out there already. I use DVDs and funny stories plus funny poems in all my classes
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Results 1 - 10 of about 312,000 for DRAMA English classroom. (0.37 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=DRAMA++English+classroom&btnG=Google+Search
BBC | British Council teaching English - Literature - Using drama ...An article on ways to use drama texts in the language classroom. ... English Literature and English Language. In Brumfit, C and Carter, R (eds) Literature ...
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/literature/drama_texts.shtml - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
English Resources: Drama [English Online]English Online > Classroom > English Resources > Drama ... monologues for students and other resources for incorporating creative drama into the classroom. ...
english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/links/english_resources.html?sub_type=Drama - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
JSTOR: Drama in the English ClassroomDrama in the English Classroom Gladys Veidemanis Is drama the neglected literary genre in the high school classroom? Mrs. Veide- manis, who teaches at the ...
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InTime
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that, ANDA
The Workshop/FORUM is beginning!!!
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[EVO_Drama_2008] Opening Night or Morning!!
Inbox X
Gary Carkin to EVO_Drama_2008
show details 11:17 AM (2 hours ago)
Hi! To all the drama enthusiasts!!
Well, it's 8:19 p.m. on the 13th of January where I am in cold, snowy,
New Hampshire, but it's 8:19 a.m. on the other side of the world, so I
am kicking off our 2008 EVO drama session NOW!
WELCOME!! To 165 members and still growing. I've been fairly silent up
till now because I've wanted to wait till most of the group came
together, but I've been reading your introductions with interest. My,
we are going to have a GREAT session this year. Although we aim this
year to support teachers new to using drama in the language classroom,
so many of you have so much experience already....you'll be able to
share, share, share... projects, experiences, insights...and we hope
you will.
Our drama session is perhaps the most informal of the EVO workshops,
but that doesn't mean we don't learn a lot. Basically, we'll share
ideas, approaches, methods, exercises, and even lesson plans as we
move through the six weeks. We've tried to arrange the topics for the
weeks so that they move from techniques that can be used separately
within "normal" classrooms, to more encompassing approaches that begin
and end according to a drama format. And, of course, we'll be
discussing how to work with short plays in the language class or
outside it.
One of the most exciting additions to this years workshop is the fifth
week unit where we'll be actually rehearsing material live, recording
a "radio" performance, and sharing that with the whole group.
Hopefully, we'll be able to work in small groups of about six to ten
and therefore produce at least ten of these short plays on the "air".
We'll get into how we're going to do that a little later in the workshop.
I'll introduce myself now and I imagine the other moderators will be
doing the same shortly.
As you know, my name is Gary Carkin and I am one of nine moderators
and/or guest speakers who will help to coordinate things over the next
six weeks. I work at Southern New Hampshire University in the
Institute for Language Education and teach both in the graduate M.S.
TEFL program and in the Intensive English Program. It's a wonderful
balance because I can bring drama into both the graduate classes as
well as the language skills classes. We do a lot with drama and
produce several productions each year, either within the classes or
outside as the International Drama Club wherein language learners of
all levels have an opportunity to perform before a college community
audience made up of other international students and domestic students
and faculty.
Although most of my work is in education these days, I started out as
a professional actor/director and still continue to act/direct in
regional professional theater when time allows. My real enthusiasm
though, is bringing drama to the language learning scene because
almost forty years ago when directing a theater training program at
Thammasat University in Thailand, I found that the acting/directing
students were acquiring English fluency much more quickly than the
linguistic students whom I also taught who were studying to become
teachers of the language. Strange, but true, I thought. I didn't find
out why until many years later when reading and teaching our more
recently developed language acquisition theorists, especially, Lev
Vygotsky. Perhaps we'll have a chance to touch more on this during our
week one discussions when talking about the whys and hows of drama for
language teaching. Suffice it to say now, however, that it has
everything to do with authenticity, collaborative activity, and
imaginative learning.
So, now it's up to you. Please introduce yourselves even if you've
done so already. Now that the group is mostly together, we'll be able
to respond to each other. Please read the "Netiquette" article in our
"FILES" section, set your e-mail for daily digest if you don't want
individual messages flooding your box, post your picture to the
"Photos" section if you haven't done so already, and read over some of
the articles in the Week One section, especially the Sarah Dodson
article which gives a super overview. My article, teaching English
through Drama offers an historic perspective, but is LONG...fair
warning...and is only for the hardy, but will give an outline of the
expanse of this tradition. If you wish to look over the work of some
of our participants, go to
http://garycarkin.tripod.com/garycarkinseslefldramalog
Looking forward to some wonderful conversation in the next six weeks.
Good to see Holly is back and Kevin and Deb and...oh so many others!
Please start with your own introductions and we'll all join in!
Gary Carkin, co-moderator, TESOL-Drama |
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Brian Caulfield
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| My final grades are always role plays. I have the students grade each other for entertainment value. Their mark is worth 40%. I give them 60% for pronunciation and the script. They enjoy it and listen to each other. |
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InTime
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:43 am Post subject: |
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Graded for entertainment value?
Some FTs may see that as being "non-academic."
But...consider the real-life dynamics of:
*someone (whether native speaker or non-native speaker) giving a grammatically-correct-but-boring speech/PERFORMANCE in English
.......AND................
*someone whose grammar is not errorless...but the communication is understandable...AND...interesting/humorous/memor-able
In my classes, so often the students with the most advanced English "skills"...are also the most boring/emotion-less/unattractive...and I would emphasize that, in real-life, giving interesting presentations is a valuable skill. |
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