Drama Techniques: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for Language Teachers

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ISBN: 9780521601191 | 0521601193
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/18/2005

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This book offers a large selection of drama-based techniques focussing on communicative tasks or activities for learners of English. The techniques are suitable at all levels and involve the whole personality of the learner providing real reasons for expressing feelings and opinions.

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Introduction

(204)

1 Getting ready

(32)

Non-verbal warming-up activities

(11)

1.1 Handshakes

(1)

1.2 Hand catching

(1)

1.3 Mirror hands

(2)

1.4 Numbers in your head

(1)

1.5 Clap around the circle

(1)

1.6 Swings

(2)

1.7 Catch the ball

(1)

1.8 Beat out that rhythm

(1)

1.9 Touch it

(1)

1.10 Blind

(1)

Non-verbal cooling-down activities

(8)

1.11 Breathing

(1)

1.12 Feeling my space

(1)

1.13 Feeling your muscles

(1)

1.14 From seed to plant

(1)

1.15 Slow motion

(1)

1.16 Just relax

(1)

1.17 Directed relaxation

(1)

1.18 Going with the flow

(2)

Verbal exercises

(9)

1.19 Football wave

(1)

1.20 Can you do this?

(1)

1.21 The sun and the moon

(1)

1.22 Back writing

(1)

1.23 Gobbledy-gook

(1)

1.24 And I'm a butcher

(1)

1.25 Let me tell you something about X

(1)

1.26 Something in common

(1)

1.27 Directed group visualisation

(1)

1.28 Childhood memories

(1)

1.29 Personalities/celebrities

(1)

Group formation activities

(3)

1.30 Strings

(1)

1.31 Atom 3!

(1)

1.32 Mix and mingle

(1)

1.33 I've got my eye on you!

(1)

1.34 I know what I like

(1)

2 Observation

(12)

2.1 Freeze!

(1)

2.2 Back-to-back

(1)

2.3 Say 'Cheese'

(1)

2.4 Just listening

(1)

2.5 I said, he said, she said...

(1)

2.6 Minimal differences

(1)

2.7 My potato

(1)

2.8 Kim's game

(1)

2.9 Familiar scenes

(1)

2.10 Like me? Like you?

(1)

2.11 First this, then that...

(1)

2.12. Picture memory

(2)

3 Working with mime

(19)

3.1 What am I doing?

(3)

3.2 My word

(1)

3.3 Metronome mime

(1)

3.4 Difficulty with large or small objects

(1)

3.5 Exchanging objects

(1)

3.6 Taste, touch, smell...

(2)

3.7 What time of day is it?

(1)

3.8 Mimes from the past

(1)

3.9 Miming a poem

(2)

3.10 Miming noises

(1)

3.11 Normal, slow, fast

(2)

3.12. Hotel receptionist

(3)

4 Working with the voice

(30)

Preparing for voicework

(10)

4.1 Relaxation

(1)

4.2. Physical warm ups

(2)

4.3 Breathing

(2)

4.4 Warming up the voice

(2)

4.5 Preparing the articulators

(1)

4.6 Volume

(1)

Working with the voice

(20)

4.7 Thinking about my voice

(2)

4.8 Changing voices

(2)

4.9 Delayed repetition

(1)

4.10 Working on words

(1)

4.11 A vocal tapestry

(2)

4.12. Shifting the stress

(1)

4.13 Listing

(1)

4.14 Elastic sentences

(3)

4.15 Playing with the text

(3)

4.16 Listen to me!

(1)

4.17 Group orchestration of texts

(3)

5 Working with objects

(17)

5.1 What am I holding?

(2)

5.2 My special object, your special object...

101

(1)

5.3 Metamorphosis

102

(1)

5.4 The envelope

103

(1)

5.5 The all-purpose object

104

(1)

5.6 Stone, wood and metal

105

(2)

5.7 It meant a lot to me...

107

(1)

5.8 Fashion show

107

(1)

5.9 Where did you get that hat?

108

(2)

5.10 Masks

110

(1)

5.11 What am I bid?

111

(2)

5.12. Symbols and icons

113

(1)

5.13 Who's the owner?

114

(2)

6 Working with visuals

116

(29)

6.1 Self-portraits

116

(2)

6.2 Identikit

118

(1)

6.3 From my album

119

(1)

6.4 Space invaders

120

(3)

6.5 High points

123

(1)

6.6 Portraits

124

(2)

6.7 Becoming a picture

126

(1)

6.8 Bringing a picture to life

127

(2)

6.9 Picture sets

129

(1)

6.10 Faces and places

130

(1)

6.11 Split cartoons

131

(4)

6.12 Mood pictures

135

(1)

6.13 Pictures from music

136

(2)

6.14 Recreating the scene

138

(1)

6.15 Guided visualisation

139

(3)

6.16 Characters from fiction

142

(3)

7 Working with the imagination

145

(15)

7.1 Something in common

145

(1)

7.2 Statues

146

(1)

7.3 Amazimbi

147

(2)

7.4 Patent pending

149

(1)

7.5 Making a machine

150

(2)

7.6 Waking dream

152

(1)

7.7 Festival

153

(1)

7.8 It's against the law

154

(2)

7.9 Time's arrow

156

(1)

7.10 Our new constitution

157

(3)

8 Working from/into words, phrases, sentences

160

(29)

8.1 My favourite word

160

(1)

8.2 The feel of words

161

(2)

8.3 Real English or not?

163

(2)

8.4 What's in a name?

165

(1)

8.5 Words and movement

166

(2)

8.6 Tableaux

168

(1)

8.7 Praise songs

169

(1)

8.8 Group story

170

(1)

8.9 Off the cuff

171

(1)

8.10 Mirror words

172

(2)

8.11 Charades

174

(1)

8.12 Split headlines

175

(2)

8.13 Split exchanges

177

(3)

8.14 People, places, problems and things

180

(2)

8.15 Odd news

182

(2)

8.16 Proverbs in action

184

(2)

8.17 First lines

186

(3)

9 Working from/into texts

189

(16)

9.1 Mini-texts

189

(5)

9.2 What next? 192.

9.3 Starters

194

(2)

9.4 Tops and tails

196

(2)

9.5 Jumbled stories

198

(2)

9.6 What are they saying?

200

(2)

9.7 Stop press

202

(3)

10 Working from/into scenarios and scripts

205

(24)

10.1 One-word dialogues

205

(2)

10.2 Dialogue interpretation

207

(2)

10.3 Alibi

209

(1)

10.4 Just a minute

210

(3)

10.5 Telephone conversations

213

(3)

1o.6 Conflict

216

(2)

10.7 Tension

218

(2)

10.8 The hole

220

(2)

10.9 Role reversal

222

(2)

10.10 A real bargain

224

(2)

10.11 Real theatre scripts

226

(3)

11 Into Performance

229

(11)

Benefits from performance

229

(1)

How to tackle the 'Play project'

230

(1)

Selecting a play

230

(2)

Getting to know the text

232

(2)

Warming up

234

(1)

Improvisation

234

(1)

Rehearsal

235

(2)

Involving everyone

237

(1)

A few practical considerations

238

(1)

Some possible sources for plays

239

(1)

Bibliography

240

(4)

Index

244

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Drama Techniques: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for Language Teachers

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