Event

Character Development for Meaningful Communication

Saturday, September 26th, 2015, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Speaker: Aya Kawakami (Nanzan Junior College)

Role-plays, sample dialogues, and free conversation are staples of EFL classroom activities. What can we, as teachers, do to create more diversity and breathe more life into such tasks? One possible solution is to incorporate some basic drama techniques, many of which focus on character development. Through creating background stories for characters and their relationships, students can embody the characters better. This allows them to explore more varied power relationships, emotions, motivations, physicality, and create an investment in the characters, which can be a strong motivator. The workshop will incorporate practical examples that participants can utilize immediately into their classroom repertoire.

Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Gifu JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen (first time free)

Venue: JR Gifu Station Heartful Square 2F

Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

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