Autoschediasm 101 Drama Activities, Improvisation and games in the ESL Classroom
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How I have used Drama based activities and games in the ESL classroom in a Kazakhstan university. The classroom was English conversation and the objective was to increase fluency.
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Autoschediasm 101 Drama Activities, Improvisation and games in the ESL Classroom
- 1. Autoschediasm 101 Carol McKee Marque English Language Fellow Kazakhstan American Free University Oskemen-Ust Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
- 2. Autoschediasm: something that is improvised or extemporized.
- 3. or… using improvisational activities in the ELL classroom to
- 8. Host institution: Kazakhstan American Free University City: Oskemen- Ust Kamenogorsk Country: Kazakhstan
- 10. English Conversation Class Lower and Upper Intermediate
- 11. Conversation Class Main Objective: To improve speaking and listening skills in order to communicate more effectively in English
- 12. How? By working on… Fluency (#1) Listening Vocabulary Intelligibility
- 13. Little to no attention was given to grammar in
- 14. Vocabularyyes…repeated exposure to the same words •Vocabulary journals •Vocabulary introduction PPT with pictures •Vocabulary lists •Vocabulary games • Hangman, word search, crossword puzzles, jeopardy, bingo
- 22. GAMES, IMPROVS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: • Two-headed Fortune teller • Monologue telling about a memory from the past • Blindfold directions • Restaurant • Chain sentence • Talk show interview • Freeze tag
- 23. IMPROVISATION PROMPTS IN PAIRS • Detective interrogation • Breaking up with bf/gf • Selling a used car • Trying on and buying shoes • Nurse trying to give injection to patient IN GROUPS • Stuck on an elevator, bank vault, etc. • A family packing and leaving hurriedly for vacation • Survivors stranded in a boat at sea • Being invited to your bf/gf family dinner
- 24. Greetings Many Students move about Ways greeting others, shaking hands, etc. Teacher then prompts them to give the same greetings as • Someone you don’t trust, though greeting…. • Someone you hate • A long, lost friend • Someone you are afraid of • Someone you are secretly in love • an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend • A three-year old child
- 25. Speed Dating
- 26. Asking for and giving directions
- 28. Sometimes students need time to prepare for the scene
- 29. More often than not, the acting is terrible and the students will have a smile on their face while doing a serious scene. That’s okay! This isn’t drama class!
- 30. A couple walks down street He looks at another woman She gets jealous They fight He apologizes They make up.
- 33. You are such a SLOB! All you ever do is sit and watch TV. We never go anywhere or do anything!
- 37. e ts r and res
- 38. Wacky crazy improvisationstudent driven
- 39. Students have a lot of fun
- 40. Oy, don’t ask…
- 41. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
- 42. Students run the class demonstrating, teaching, explaining and engaging others