Full Description
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.
Contents
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
