A presentation I used to use on a seminar on using acting out in the primary esl classroom. The "broken" looking slide is actually a video, but slideshare doesn't support embedded videos.
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Acting out in the classroom
1. Acting Out in the Young
Learners Classroom
Theo Navarro
CUP Methodologist
Astana
Kazakhstan
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4. How do we use Acting activities in our
classes?
• Use props. Using things made in crafts activities
is GREAT! You could also use things that you
bring from home, or tell the students to bring
things from home. Props help the students
“Disappear” into the story they are acting out.
5. • Act out stories or songs that you have ALREADY
done together in class. The children will feel
more comfortable performing a story that they
know, and if they know the meanings of all the
words.
6. • Give the students enough
time to prepare for the
activity. They will feel much
more comfortable acting if
they know exactly what they
have to say and do.
• Split the students into
groups. Do this for both the
preparation (e.g. every child
playing Kate the cat practices
together) and for the acting
itself (the characters come
together and the students act
at the same time).
7. • Avoiding FORCING the children to act in front
of the whole class. Some children might feel too
nervous to do this. This is why we split them into
groups. You CAN, however, ask for volunteers to
act for the class AFTER the group activities.
8. • LIMIT the time for acting activities. Just like with craft
activities, it’s best to NOT devote a whole lesson to
acting. Acting is a tool, not a whole lesson.
• Acting only benefits the people who are doing it. Don’t
spend too long making students just sit and watch.
They will get bored. Make sure EVERY student has an
opportunity to act, even if they are only comfortable
sitting down and reading the words.
9. • Do not push the shy students too much. Some
students need a bit more time to get comfortable
with acting. If a student needs to sit and watch
the first time you use an acting activity, that is
okay! They’ll soon want to join in and have fun
with the rest of their friends!
10. Thank you for your time
Theo Navarro
CUP Methodologist
Astana
Kazakhstan