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Il corso, tenuto da Mark Almond della Pilgrims presso l’Università di Kent a Canterbury, ha come titolo Creative Drama for the language Classroom ed è destinato a tutti gli insegnanti, anche senza esperienza di teatro. Il corso è in inglese ma è sufficiente una conoscenza di livello intermedio per partecipare.
Le date sono dal 30 luglio al 5 agosto ed il costo è di 615 euro. Una bella somma, ma chi ha partecipato negli anni passati a questi corsi assicura che sono soldi spesi bene.

Di seguito il programma:

Who is this course for?

• Language teachers of all ages and levels.
• Please note: you do not need any previous experience of drama to follow this course.
• You need an intermediate and above level of English to participate in this course.

Course Summary
This course will engage you in a series of practical and energising drama based activities for use in the language classroom. These activities will help you develop better group dynamics, sharing skills and a heightened awareness of the ways you communicate with your students.

What are the key course contents?

• group co-ordination and trust exercises
• warmers for the classroom
• using the body to learn vocabulary and language structures
• story telling techniques
• creative play through improvisation using the voice and body
• developing your own communication skills
• using intonation, stress, rhythm and pauses for dramatic effect.
• exercises to assist drama group leaders

Is this the right course for me ?

• Yes – if you want to see how simple drama techniques can add creative force to language learning
• Yes – if you want to improve your classroom management and general communication skills
• Yes – if you want to have a huge amount of fun!