Friday 13 June 2008 10.00 - 16.00G2, Assembly Hall, Main Building, SOAS
The SOAS-UCL Centre of Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of ‘Languages of the Wider World’ is a HEFCE-funded collaboration between SOAS and UCL. Its aim is to promote and support excellence in the teaching and learning of languages that do not have a large presence in UK HE, i.e.: the languages of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Russia. Please visit www.lww-cetl.ac.uk .
The SOAS-UCL CETL in ‘Languages of the Wider World’ invites you to explore and discuss how drama techniques could enhance the teaching and learning of languages. Some previous research has suggested that drama techniques can provide interesting ways of motivating language learners and teachers.
This event will bring together practitioners, researchers and students from a variety of fields to share and discuss their experiences and techniques in the use of drama for language teaching and learning. The particular focus of this multi-stakeholder workshop and seminar is on innovative methodologies used in theatre workshops where participants have the freedom to explore and create text through devising and improvising their own stories.
Keynote Speakers include, Professor Vivian Gardner ( University of Manchester), Dr Mike Fleming ( Durham University) and Ken Wilson ( ELT author and former director of the English Teaching Theatre) . Workshops will focus on the themes of (i) ‘Drama & second language literature’ led by Nick Bilbrough, SOAS; (ii) ‘Students as authors and creators’ led by Mirjana Filipovic (University of Manchester) and (iii) ‘Use of puppets’ by John Pinder, SOAS.
Please note, that this event is free of charge but requires pre-registration by completing the form (below) and sending to Virginia Elgar, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H OXG; fax: 020 7898 4859; Email: lww-cetl@soas.ac..uk.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Vivian Gardner Professor of Theatre, University of Manchester will give her talk; Temporary and temporal Diasporas: using theatre with adult literacy trainers
Dr Mike Fleming Mike Fleming is currently director of research at the School of Education Durham University
Ken Wilson Ken Wilson trained as an ELT teacher, but his working life changed radically when he joined the English Teaching Theatre, a group which performed shows for English learners all over the world
Workshop Leaders
Mirjana Filipovic Is a drama practitioner of Contemporary theatre with an MA in Contemporary Performance
Nick Bilbrough
Is a teacher trainer at SOAS Language Centre and also runs courses for language teachers in Totnes, Devon.
John Pinder
Graduated from SOAS in 2005 obtaining a degree in Hindi and Social anthropology. Whilst studying Hindi in India he started an apprenticeship in Rajasthani string puppets.
