- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (28 Jan 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521249074
- ISBN-13: 978-0521249072
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,418,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This is a book which I would like every foreign language teacher to read.' Earl Stevick
' … enjoyable and rewarding material for teacher and student alike. Highly recommended.' ARELS Journal
'It is a book crammed full of useful activities … that will help enliven language classrooms around the world.' Richard Via, Systems --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
' … enjoyable and rewarding material for teacher and student alike. Highly recommended.' ARELS Journal
'It is a book crammed full of useful activities … that will help enliven language classrooms around the world.' Richard Via, Systems --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Drama Techniques in Language Learning offers a large selection of techniques for use at all levels which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities. These involve the whole personality of the learner and provide real reasons for expressing feelings and opinions. The techniques require no special training and can easily be introduced into normal course work. This greatly expanded highly successful edition provides: advice on using the techniques in the classroom; 150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice; clear instructions for the teacher; and detailed cross-referencing between exercises.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I just want to let you all know how good this book is. I bought it at the beginning of the summer season and have used it throughout. I have mainly used it with my intermediate/upper-intermediate mid-teen classes (14-17 year olds) and they have responded to it really well. However, I have also used some of the exercises with my (elementary/intermediate) younger students (9-13 year olds) with an equally good response. Even the older teen/adult advanced classes like the materiel, though, on the whole, in a more measured way. The exercises themselves are varied enough to offer something to suit most classes; they are detailed enough so you can use them straight off the page; but they can also be adapted to suit your particular needs. I suppose it does help, however, if you, the teacher, actually like drama, because then both you and your classes will be open to this sort of material. However, from my own point of view, at the moment, this is the one book that is always in my bag and it's helped create a lot of really good class/group atmosphere. Thank you Alan Marley and Alan Duff!
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Indispensable - particularly the introduction
29 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
The introduction (not given in "Look Inside"), provides the premises behind this resource book of communication activities, and is a must for any teacher, and not only for EFL teachers.
The approach to learning is so different from what we have all endured at school, and even though clearly presented with tangible examples, it is so rich that no review could do justice to the massive foundation stones provided.
The introduction is a tool: what to consider when creating a living classroom environment for sparking natural communication. The instructions for choosing and leading the exercises provided (use "Look Inside" to see the categories in Contents) show how to put the theory into practice in your language acquiring workshop. Competence in the use of the target language in the real world is clearly acquired, even though the language isn't directly ""taught" during these workshops.
Each and every student is emotionally and physically involved and the lively group dynamics engendered, the imaginative creating, and the obvious fun of the students make the class a joy for the teacher to witness.
It is advisable to use professional level classrooms where movement is possible, and where more than one person can speak at the same time without it becoming irritating noise. The ideal group size for any EFL workshop is 12, but I have used the approach successfully with 40, and once 80 (:o) in an appropriately sized room.
The edition used for this review dates back to 1982 but the the whole approach is still revolutionary for most teachers.
First, read the introduction again and again, try out the "A day's work" (9am to 5pm for an intensive course but which can be spread out over an extensive course), and from then on design your own mix. Quite soon, you will adapt the exercises and even design your own exercises based on this common sense approach.
Have fun :)
The approach to learning is so different from what we have all endured at school, and even though clearly presented with tangible examples, it is so rich that no review could do justice to the massive foundation stones provided.
The introduction is a tool: what to consider when creating a living classroom environment for sparking natural communication. The instructions for choosing and leading the exercises provided (use "Look Inside" to see the categories in Contents) show how to put the theory into practice in your language acquiring workshop. Competence in the use of the target language in the real world is clearly acquired, even though the language isn't directly ""taught" during these workshops.
Each and every student is emotionally and physically involved and the lively group dynamics engendered, the imaginative creating, and the obvious fun of the students make the class a joy for the teacher to witness.
It is advisable to use professional level classrooms where movement is possible, and where more than one person can speak at the same time without it becoming irritating noise. The ideal group size for any EFL workshop is 12, but I have used the approach successfully with 40, and once 80 (:o) in an appropriately sized room.
The edition used for this review dates back to 1982 but the the whole approach is still revolutionary for most teachers.
First, read the introduction again and again, try out the "A day's work" (9am to 5pm for an intensive course but which can be spread out over an extensive course), and from then on design your own mix. Quite soon, you will adapt the exercises and even design your own exercises based on this common sense approach.
Have fun :)
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18 April 2012
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This book was really useful as a second language teacher. I've gained some very useful tips for teaching and it's easy to read and follow. A good buy.
Drama review
11 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
this book contains plenty of drama activities which vary from mime to action role play.However, I wish there was more information about drama techniques- the theory not only the practical usage. All in all, it is useful to all the teachers planning to introduce some drama techniques to their lessons.
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