ENGLISH TEACHING THROUGH CREATIVE DRAMA
What is Creative Drama?
Creative drama is an improvisational, non-exhibitional, process-oriented form of drama, where participants are guided by a leader to imagine, enact, and reflect on experiences real and imagined. Creative drama takes children’s natural world, creative play, and develops it further, using theatre techniques, to create learning experiences which are for the participants. Drama specialist, Brian Way states in Development Through Drama, “Theatre is largely concerned with communication between actors and an audience; Drama is largely concerned with experience by the participants.”
MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE COURSE
*KNOWING EACHOTHER
*TEAM BUILDING
*ROLE PLAYS
*DRAMA GAMES
*DRAMA TECHNICS
*ENGLISH SONGS AND DRAMA PLAYS
*CREATIVITY
*EVALUATION TECHNICS
*COMMUNICATION
*TRUST GAMES
* STORY TELLING
* CREATIVE WRITING
OUTCOMES OF THE TRAINING COURSE
Learning Outcomes or Competences
- Using drama tools in class as teaching method
- Using drama tools as social inclusion tools
- Knowing Creative Drama intercultural and European dimension
- Evaluation technics through drama activities
- Effective Communication through drama activites
- Intercultural experience
CERTIFICATES
- Certificate of attendance
- Europass Certificate
MATERIALS
- Photos and videos
- Evaluation Results as a report
- Monitoring Reports
AVALIABLE LOCATIONS
İstanbul, Antalya, TURKEY
London, UK
Barcelona SPAIN
COURSE FEE
5 DAYS COURSE 350 EURO
7 DAYS COURSE 490 EURO
Would like to join our drama course? If yes, please contact with us for the detailed program and other details
If you are a group of minimum 6 participants we can set a date and location for you..
E-mail: ka1.utopiaeduart@gmail.com
ENGLISH TEACHING THROUGH DRAMA TOOLS
Drama is a tool to teach English or to teach anything. It helps to make the path shorter, to create space to real experience, even being in a creative or imaginative world. When you use drama, or role playing or mantle of the expert or games, the goal is the same: provide a relaxed space for people to try without being judged for it. It means that the person or the group will discover more about English not just because the teacher wants them to, but mainly because they are feeling motivated to learn more about it.
When you have the opportunity to get a group of English teachers together, it is a great chance to show them how it is possible to teach the same thing, in a more creative and active way. More than that, when you can create an environment where the students feel that they can be responsible for their learning, that they can share in a safe space with a group that is keen to help to solve problems, to improve knowledge and in the end, every member will receive the bonus of theis personal investment.
The objectives of a 5 days teacher training course have to pass through:
Day 1-
-Some time to introduce the participants
-A short training into games to enable the imagination and creativity and also to create a space that provides sharing between the participants and respect to each other.
-A dynamic in which people will write about their expectations
-A discussion about what was found in common and what the training might be able to cover
Day 2-
-The basics about drama: what it is, how can I use it?
-Methodologies that use drama for learning such as role playing, story telling or mantle of the expert (use some interesting practice, games, videos and engaging the participants during the explanations)
-A brain storming time for participants to discuss between them how they can see their practice fitted in the methodologies presented
Day 3-
-Creating a plan: like a business plan, teachers have to be able to organize their practice into a plan: what I teach? How I teach? How can I improve it?
-In groups, they will put together a plan of a day class using some of the techniques.
-As an open group, they will explain their thoughts and receive constructive criticism to improve the plans
Day 4-
-The groups will apply their plans with the class. The time taken for it will depend on the amount of participants, time available, space provided, etc.
Day 5-
-Some time will be given for any group that could not apply their class plan on the day before
-The last day is the evaluation day. By doing exercises and games the participants will explain what they have learnt from the experience, what are the doubts they will try to sort out after the course and what are the things they could not find an answer to.
-Follow up: the group can create a way to keep in contact and keep letting people know how they developed their ideas and how creative drama became part of their practice