Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com - http://kalinago.blogspot.com - http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com Drama in the Business English Language Classroom VHS Leinfelden 12-06-09

Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com - http://kalinago.blogspot.com - http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com Agenda 10.00 – 11.30 Role Play and Real Play 11.45 – 13.00 Where to find/ how to make 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 15.15 Language awareness/feedback 15.30 – 17.00 Creating our own

10.00 – 11.30 Role Play and Real Play

11.45 – 13.00 Where to find/ how to make

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.15 Language awareness/feedback

15.30 – 17.00 Creating our own

Where are we? What are we waiting for? What are we talking about?

What are ROLE PLAYS REAL PLAYS DRAMATIC ACTIVITIES ?

why? when? when how? Where 2 ?

why? Quieter students get to wear a mask Learners experience unpredictable nature of language Puts new language in context. Forces students to think on their feet. Source: Lindsay Clandfiled www.macmillan.com/straightforward

Quieter students get to wear a mask

Learners experience unpredictable nature of language

Puts new language in context.

Forces students to think on their feet.

why? Helps learners to work together Provides a rehearsal for events students may encounter Encourages learner-learner interaction Gives learners more responsibility Fun! Source: Lindsay Clandfiled www.macmillan.com/straightforward

Helps learners to work together

Provides a rehearsal for events students may encounter

Encourages learner-learner interaction

Gives learners more responsibility

Fun!

Beginning of a lesson not optimal. Middle of class best, when attention levels /energy failing. Students have tangible need, i.e. about to attend event / perform a task where English needed – use for 'real' practice. when? when Source: Ken Wilson, Drama and Improvisation www.oup.com/elt

Beginning of a lesson not optimal.

Middle of class best, when attention levels /energy failing.

Students have tangible need, i.e. about to attend event / perform a task where English needed – use for 'real' practice.

In class In meeting rooms In the company cafeteria At a restaurant Outside where?

In class

In meeting rooms

In the company cafeteria

At a restaurant

Outside

Role play, case study activity books in ELT* BE text books = decision dilemmas/case studies* Books with dramatic activities* Use scripts from movies /tv dramas Create your own role plays, simulations or scripts* Get your students to create their own where to find activities?

Role play, case study activity books in ELT*

BE text books = decision dilemmas/case studies*

Books with dramatic activities*

Use scripts from movies /tv dramas

Create your own role plays, simulations or scripts*

Get your students to create their own

Using props and/or realia Mobile phones and microphones Memos, reports, data projectors, misc office items Overhead projectors Newspapers, books Hats, sunglasses Background photos and/ or music or sound files how? Source: Lindsay Clandfiled www.macmillan.com/straightforward

Mobile phones and microphones

Memos, reports, data projectors, misc office items

Overhead projectors

Newspapers, books

Hats, sunglasses

Background photos and/ or music or sound files

What can go wrong?

Students don't want to participate / think silly / have no input Students don't have enough time to prepare or Students don't feel prepared Students over improvise – loss of objective

Students don't want to participate / think silly / have no input

Students don't have enough time to prepare or

Students don't feel prepared

Students over improvise – loss of objective

Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com - http://kalinago.blogspot.com - http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying. Harry Anderson

What works best with Business English Students? 11.45 - 13.00 Published roleplays + case studies vs. Activity books and ideas vs. Your own ideas vs. Your students ideas

Be Someone Else What nationality are you? Where do you work? What are some of your responsibilities? What is your name? Adapted from Be Someone else - Ken Wilson, Drama and Improvisation www.oup.com/elt

What nationality are you?

Where do you work?

What are

some of your responsibilities?

What is your name?

Insta-roleplays! Teacher led , tells: Students where they are  can be based on textbook unit  Who they are What they should talk about (also can remind them of language to practice / review) Source: Lindsay Clandfiled www.macmill an.com/straightforward

Teacher led , tells:

Students where they are  can be based on textbook unit 

Who they are

What they should talk about

(also can remind them of language to practice / review)

Insta-realplays! Student led Students decide where they are Who they are What business situations they're 'in' What they would like to practice talking about What language they would like to review

Student led

Students decide where they are

Who they are

What business situations they're 'in'

What they would like to practice talking about

What language they would like to review

And! Action! Scripts! Publisher prepared Drama & Improvisation, OUP by Ken Wilson Improvisations: http://improvencyclopedia.org Teacher prepared Student prepared / group work Download scripts http://www.imsdb.com/ (movies) http://www.simplyscripts.com/ (movies, tv, radio, anime)

Publisher prepared

Drama & Improvisation, OUP

by Ken Wilson

Improvisations:

http://improvencyclopedia.org

Teacher prepared

Student prepared / group work

Download scripts

http://www.imsdb.com/ (movies)

http://www.simplyscripts.com/

(movies, tv, radio, anime)

Published supp. materials/ Book 'case studies' vs Homemade Role and Real Plays, Scripts (teacher vs student led) S W O T

Karenne Sylvester www.kalinago-english.com - http://kalinago.blogspot.com - http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

Managing Task / Giving Feedback 14.00-15.15 During Performance - sticking to the story - feedback on the drama Looking at the emergent language

Superhero, an it em of office equipment & a buil ding in the city What happened? Adapted from Superhero, household object & location - Ken Wilson, Drama and Improvisation

What

happened?

Managing the Drama Concept and Add What someone says during an improvised scene should be accepted as reality. Whatever people say to you, accept it, don't change it. Mayhem Laughter beneficial, don't control everything! Source: Ken Wilson, Drama and Improvisation www.oup.com/elt

Concept and Add

What someone says during an improvised scene should be accepted as reality.

Whatever people say to you, accept it, don't change it.

Mayhem

Laughter beneficial, don't control everything!

Feedback ?

Language Feedback: Conversation Control TM Vocabulary New words Wrong words New expressions …and Grammar Improving structures ...and Pronunciation Tone Rhythm ...and

New words

Wrong words

New expressions

…and

Improving structures

...and

Tone

Rhythm

...and

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Make Your Own 15.30 - 17.00 Adding drama to your textbooks Show and tell The Chair

What do you make? Taylor Maylil youtube video

The Chair Adapted from Experts - Ken Wilson, Drama and Improvisation, OUP

CC by Karenne Sylvester Kalinago English June 19, 2009 You have permission to download and use for your own training or to train other EFL teachers. If you do so, please give attribution and do not remove source references. Thanks. Photographs: www.flickr.com 1,5-11 RAWA Drama by premasagar 3+4 Drama by Rene Scmalschlaeger 12-13 d-d-drama by assbach 15-16 portrait by trois tetes 17-20 headshift business card discussion by Lars2 22-24 it's not easy to be a superhero by Esparta 25-26 Streeter Seidell comedian by Zach Klein 28 Yesterday when I was you by Rene Schmalschlaeger 30 .45 r.p.m art chair by Gary Bridgman Recommended resources: Task based Language Learning and Teaching Rod Ellis OUP The Practice of Language Teaching Jeremy Harmer Pearson Longman Drama and Improvisation Ken Wilson Oxford University Press Straightforward Beginner + Elementary Lindsay Clandfield Macmillan

1,5-11 RAWA Drama by premasagar

3+4 Drama by Rene Scmalschlaeger

12-13 d-d-drama by assbach

15-16 portrait by trois tetes

17-20 headshift business card discussion by Lars2

22-24 it's not easy to be a superhero by Esparta

25-26 Streeter Seidell comedian by Zach Klein

28 Yesterday when I was you by Rene Schmalschlaeger

30 .45 r.p.m art chair by Gary Bridgman

Task based Language Learning and Teaching

Rod Ellis OUP

The Practice of Language Teaching

Jeremy Harmer Pearson Longman

Drama and Improvisation

Ken Wilson Oxford University Press

Straightforward Beginner + Elementary

Lindsay Clandfield Macmillan