Using Drama to Enhance Teaching
Using Drama to Enhance Teaching

Using Drama to Enhance Teaching
Increase learner participation and knowledge retention by introducing Drama into the classroom
This course is ideal for non-native English speaking teachers who wish to introduce drama into their classrooms as a way to stimulate students interest in a range of subjects. At the same time, this can help students to increase their confidence and skills of self-expression. Much of the content features practical, hands-on sessions focused on the application of drama in the classroom – refreshing and stimulating for Tutor and participants alike.
This is the ideal course for those who wish to introduce the use of drama and improvisation in their classrooms as a way of stimulating their students interest in a range of subjects.
Price from
€525
Duration
One & Two weeks
Location
Dublin
English Level
Upper Intermediate
OID
Dublin - E10161024
London - E10074930
More details
- Options
- Breakdown
- Objectives & Outcomes
- Sample Timetable
Options
Option 1
Using Drama to Enhance Teaching tuition only
Duration | One week |
Course Code | TED 15.1 |
Training hours | 20 hours |
2022 Start Dates | 22 August |
Price | €525 |
You can choose to add English tuition to your course
Option 2
Language then Using Drama to Enhance Teaching
Choose one week of English tuition only (20 hours), followed by one week of Using Drama to Enhance Teaching (20 hours).
Duration | Two weeks |
Code | TED 16.2 |
Training hours | 40 hours |
2022 Start Dates | 15 August |
Price | €895 |
Breakdown
Topics
Using Drama to Enhance Teaching
- Introduction to Using Drama; Forum and Image Theatre
- Using improvisation in the classroom
- Devising a show for a drama class
- Working with Text
- Working with Voice
- Workshop: Presentations
Intensive English
- Receptive and productive skills
- Practice emphasising speaking and listening skills
- Communicating effectively and flexibly through English in the real-world
Competences
- Linguistic: Grammatical, lexical and phonological
- Strategic: Interaction, compensation and repair
- Pragmatic: Functional language and discourse management
Fluency Development
Asking for and giving information and opinions, expressing a point of view, persuading, agreeing and disagreeing
Objectives & Outcomes
Learning objectives
- To develop and consolidate participants’ own language skills
- To familiarise participants with key strategies for using drama in the classroom for students aged 10+
- To help develop participants’ skills in the use of improvisation in the classroom
- To develop participants’ awareness of tools such as image theatre and use of texts
- To help develop participants devise, develop and present a show for their own class
- To improve participants’ confidence in their own lesson delivery
- To provide an opportunity to develop/consolidate participants own language skills
- To establish contacts between teachers from a variety of European backgrounds and facilitate future networking among these professionals
Course outcomes
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Enhancement of personal English Language skills
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Increased confidence in introducing drama into the classroom across a range of curriculum subjects
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Greater understanding of students’ needs; improved learner outcomes
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Greater awareness of participants’ awareness of tools such as image theatre and the use of texts
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Increased confidence to help develop participants’ devise, develop and present a show for their own class
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Sharing of experience and knowledge with professionals from a range of European countries
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Knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development
Sample Timetable
Timetables will vary depending on the course option. Below is a sample timetable of the two-week Language then Using Drama to Enhance Teaching
Week 1
Weekend
Informal learning; Self-guided research and cultural visits with guidelines from Twin English Centre, Dublin.
Week 2
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Price from
€525
Duration
One & Two weeks
Locations
Dublin
English Level
Upper Intermediate
OID
Dublin - E10161024
London - E10074930