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Zusatztext This book provides concise step by step guidance on Process Drama strategies with detailed examples to support second language learning. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
