Transcript ‘A roomful of human beings’ Gary Anderson Cambridge ELT

‘A roomful of
human beings’
Gary Anderson
Cambridge ELT
Drama techniques
as communication activities
in language learning
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Drama Techniques
A resource book of
communication activites
for language teachers
Third Edition
by
Alan Maley & Alan Duff
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Third edition
• Added new/cut old
activites
• Activites completely
rewritten in new series
format
+150 (ideas for) activities
 Aim
 Focus
 Level
 Time
 Preparation
 Procedure
 Follow-on
 Variation(s)
 Note(s)
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Third edition
• Activites rewritten
• Added new activites
• Reorganised structure:
reordering activites and
adding chapters on Voice
and Performance
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
• Getting ready
• Working with … x 8
• Into Performance
Why use drama?
Integrates language skills in a natural way
Integrates verbal & non-verbal aspects of
communication
Draws upon both cognitive and affective domains
Contextualizes the language and brings the classroom
to life
Offers opportunities for catering to learner differences
Transfers responsibility for learning from teacher to
learners
Why use drama?
Fosters self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence and
motivation
Sustains motivation through variety and expectancy
generated by activities
Encourages open, exploratory style of learning
Positively effects classroom dynamics and atmosphere
Offers an enjoyable experience
Low-resource: ‘All you need is a roomful of human
beings.’
Why not use drama?
Know thy…
School
Class
Student…s
Self
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
• Words
• Sentences
• Scenes
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Working with/from words
• Back-writing (Actv 1.22)
• Favourite word (Actv 8.1)
+
Breathing (Actv 4.3)
The Great Conductor
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Working with/from sentences
• Elastic sentences (Actv 4.14)
• ‘Say Cheese!’ (Actv 2.3)
+
Warming up the voice (Actv 4.4)
The Mouth, Nose & Throat Doctor
and
Thinking about my voice (Actv 4.7)
Me and my voice
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Working with/from scenes
• Group orchestration of
texts (Actvs 4.17 & 4.11)
• ‘Where did you get that
hat!?’ (Actv 5.9)
• Mix & mingle (Actv 1.32)
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
Emily Dickinson Complete Poems: Random House, 1924.
Drama techniques
as communication activities
in language learning
Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
Drama Techniques
A resource book of
communication activites
for language teachers
Third Edition
by
Alan Maley & Alan Duff
‘A roomful of
human beings’
Gary Anderson
Cambridge ELT [email protected]