Process Drama for Second Language Teaching and Learning: A Toolkit for Developing Language and Life Skills - Patrice Baldwin

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Auteur(s) : Patrice Baldwin - Alicja Galazka

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 30/09/2021

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 160

ISBN : 9781350164758

Résumé :

Introduction
Part I: Introducing Process Drama
1. What Is Process Drama and How Can It Help Learners and Learning?
2. Using Process Drama to Develop 21st Century Skills
3. How to Introduce Process Drama to a Class and What Is Expected of the Teacher
Part II: Process Drama Strategies and Conventions for use in the Second Language Classroom
Part III: The Drama Units
Unit 1: Bullying
Unit 2: The Great Fire of London
Unit 3: Refugees
Unit 4: Conservation or Change?
Unit 5: Beowulf
Unit 6: Over the Top: The True Story of Annie Edson Taylor, the 'Queen of the Mist'
Appendix: Resource Sheets
References
Index

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Biographie:

Patrice Baldwin is an internationally acclaimed 'Drama for Learning' Specialist. She has been a headteacher, school inspector, government curriculum adviser, Chair of National Drama (UK) and President of the International Drama Theatre and Education Association (2010-13). She has also been a BBC Education consultant and scriptwriter.

Alicja Galazka is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Silesia, Poland, and director of the Educational Centre. She is a pioneer of the use of drama in ELT in Poland, Head of Drama in ELT Special Interest at International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Poland, Poland. She is also a psychotherapist and international coach.

Sommaire:
This book explains why and how drama works as an enjoyable, social, and emotionally engaging way for young people and adults to learn and use a second language within imagined worlds and develop their 21st century skills. A flexible teachers' toolbox of drama strategies is offered and guidance on how to start using drama for learning with language students. Each strategy is presented in detail and used within the exemplar lessons. The authors refer to relevant educational, psychological and neurological theories and cite research that helps account for drama's efficacy in motivating talk and supporting second language acquisition, whilst developing important life skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and resilience....