ERIC Number: ED470813
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 267
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ISBN: ISBN-1-56750-671-2
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Body and Language: Intercultural Learning through Drama. Advances in Foreign and Second Language Pedagogy.
Brauer, Gerd, Ed.
This third volume in a series provides an introduction to the use of drama in the foreign and second language classroom, highlighting the bridging character of drama-based teaching for intercultural learning. Twelve chapters include: (1) "Understanding Drama-Based Education" (Betty Jane Wagner); (2) "Intercultural Recognitions through Performative Inquiry" (Lynn Fels and Lynne McGivern); (3) "Transcultural Performance in Classroom Learning" (Ann Axtmann); (4) "Process Drama in Second- and Foreign-Language Classrooms" (Jun Liu); (5) "Teaching Foreign Language Literature: Tapping the Students' Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence" (Manfred Lukas Schewe); (6) "Coping with Obstacles in Drama-Based ESL Teaching: A Nonverbal Approach" (Cameron R. Culham); (7) "Video Recording and Playback Equipment" (Timothy Collins); (8) "Designing Artful Reflective Strategies: The Guided Case Study" (Philip Taylor); (9) "Undergoing a Process and Achieving a Product: A Contradiction in Educational Drama?" (Douglas J. Moody); (10) "The Educational Potential of Drama for ESL" (Sarah J. Dodson); (11) "The Arts and the Foreign-/Second-Language Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Actively Engage Students in Their Own Learning" (Janet Hegman Shier); and (12) "Performing Brecht: From Theory to Practice" (Franziska B. Lys, Denise Meuser, John Paluch, and Ingrid Zeller). An afterword offers "Magic on Stage: 'Urfaust' and Other Great Plays for Educational Pleasure" (Karla Schultz and Penelope Heinigk). (Papers contain references.) (SM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Coping, Cultural Awareness, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature, Multiple Intelligences, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Videotape Recordings
Ablex Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 ($69.95). Web site: http://www.ablexbooks.com.
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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