Description
Product ID: | 9781350164741 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Bloomsbury Guidebooks for Language Teachers |
Title: | Process Drama for Second Language Teaching and Learning |
Subtitle: | A Toolkit for Developing Language and Life Skills |
Authors: | Author: Dr Alicja Galazka, Patrice Baldwin |
Page Count: | 160 |
Subjects: | Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching and learning material and coursework, Language teaching & learning material & coursework |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-10-21 |